Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te arrived in Eswatini on Saturday for a diplomatic visit neither government had announced beforehand after having been blocked from making the trip last month, sparking anger from Beijing. China’s foreign ministry condemned what it referred to as Lai’s “despicable conduct,” likening the Taiwanese President in a statement to a “rat scurrying across the street” and urging Eswatini and other countries “to see clearly the general trend of history” and not “pull