Taiwan

Cheyenne Mayor Marian Orr says a city in the nation of Taiwan has donated 3,500 N95 facemasks to Cheyenne.

China is believed to strongly favor Tsai’s main opponent in the race, Han Kuo-yu of the Beijing-friendly Nationalist Party.

Gordon meanwhile has been invited to visit Taiwan, where Wyoming recently opened a trade office.

Cheyenne Mayor Marian Orr went public on Monday about a confrontational meeting she has with Governor Mark Gordon on Friday. The mayor says the governor at one point stood up, pounded a desk and shouted "F*** you mayor." The governor for his part has apologized for dropping the F-bomb, but has also said he is "deeply offended" by what he says is the mayor's "mischaracteriz

The mayor says she thinks Governor Gordan felt upstaged by the idea that the President of Taiwan wanted to visit her.

The exchange occurred during a discussion of a visit to Cheyenne by the President of Taiwan this Summer, according to the mayor.

Wyoming Secretary of State Ed Murray says a recent 7 day trip he took to Taiwan was worthwhile.

Secretary of State Ed Murray is planning a seven-day trip to enhance cultural and economic relations between Wyoming and Taiwan.

Six Wyoming lawmakers are traveling to Asia next week as part of the state's continuing effort to find energy markets there.

Mead welcomed officials to the Wyoming State Capitol on Thursday.