The Associated Press reports, "Taiwan's opposition presidential candidate will look to reassure U.S. officials this week that victory in the January 2016 election for her party, which Beijing views with suspicion, won't revive tensions across the Taiwan Strait. Tsai Ing-wen will want to avoid a repeat of her experience with Washington before the last vote four years ago, when the Obama administration was widely perceived as weighing in against her. The United States, which has legal commitments to help Taiwan maintain the ability to defend itself, has welcomed improved relations between the democratic island and the communist-governed Chinese mainland."