TAIPEI — Taiwan has a right to engage with the world and no country can stop ⁠that, President Lai Ching-te told Eswatini's king after he arrived for a surprise trip that Taipei says Beijing tried to stop, as China condemned him as a "rat". China views democratically governed Taiwan as part of its territory with no right to state-to-state ties, a position Taiwan's government strongly ⁠disputes, and Beijing has demanded countries stop any ​engagements ⁠with the island. Last month, Taiwan said