There’s an exclusive report by the Financial Times that the Trump administration denied a visit from the president of Taiwan to New York on his away to Central America, after China objected.

Obviously, I’m skeptical of this but I’m reporting it anyway:

Donald Trump’s administration has denied permission for Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te to stop in New York en route to Central America, after China raised objections with Washington about the visit.

Lai planned to transit the US in August en route to Paraguay, Guatemala and Belize, which recognise Taiwan as a country. But the US told Lai he could not visit New York on the way, according to three people familiar with the decision.

On Monday in Taipei, Lai’s office issued a statement saying he had no plans to travel overseas in the near future because Taiwan was recovering from a recent typhoon and Taipei was in talks with the US about tariffs.

The people familiar with the matter said his decision not to travel came after he had been told he would not be allowed to visit New York.

The White House’s decision will deepen concerns among Taiwan’s supporters in Washington that Trump is taking a softer stance on China as he pushes to hold a summit with President Xi Jinping.

How many times have we read one thing in the press and then it turned out to be wrong. That’s kinda what I’m expecting to happen here when we get official word on this reporting.