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Period: 12 pm on May 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025 The event times below are based on Taiwan local time (UTC/GMT +08:00)

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• Eligible travelers should register personal information (including name, nationality, passport number, arrival date and flight, departure date, email address) and choose the type of travel prize (e-ticket card or accommodation voucher) 1-7 days before their scheduled arrival date in Taiwan. The system will automatically send the QR code to the email address registered by the traveler after successful registration.

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• The event times below are based on Taiwan local time (UTC/GMT +08:00).
• The campaign starts with any flight from the scheduled flight arrival time in Taiwan at 12:00 noon on May 1, 2023 (registration will be open from 12:00 noon on April 28, 2023) to June 30, 2025. However, travel prizes will not be issued once the quota for the year is exhausted.

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• These cards can be used, where accepted. The maximum single-use limit for the EasyCard is NT$1,500, while for iPASS it is NT$1,000. The daily usage limit is NT$3,000 for both EasyCard and iPass. The icash2.0 card does not have a daily or single-use spending limit.
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• III.  When registering for the lucky draw, the traveler is responsible for ensuring the correctness and authenticity of the information that they supply. If a traveler is unable to participate in the event or collect a prize due to any errors, this shall be the responsibility of the traveler and not the event organizer. Any person found to be misappropriating the personal information of others or engaging in any other malfeasance shall be held liable and responsible in accordance with the applicable laws.

Taiwan is paying tourists to visit: Here's how you can get spending money on arrival

With a subtropical climate, beautiful beaches, scenic hikes and thousands of temples, there are plenty of other reasons to visit.

Taiwan is offering to pay tourists just over €150 to holiday there this year in a bid to boost visitor numbers.

The East Asian country wants to welcome six million tourists in 2023, and hopes lining their wallets with NT$5,000 (€158) in spendig money will help to win them over.

The Ministry of Transportation and Communication is also giving travel agencies subsidies of up to NT$20,000 (€633) for each group of tourists that arrives in the country.

Announcing the proposal earlier this week, Minister Wang Kwo-tsai explained that the tourists’ spending money will be delivered digitally and can be put towards accommodation and other costs in the country.

He did not specify when the scheme would start. But given the way the cost-of-living crisis is swaying our travel priorities, it may well tip the balance for some European holidaymakers.

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Why is Taiwan paying tourists to visit?

It’s all part of a post-pandemic drive to rebuild the country’s tourism sector. Taiwan was one of the last countries to lift its COVID-19 border restrictions in October 2022.

Just under 900,000 people visited in 2022, according to the Taiwan Tourism Board. That’s a steep plummet from 2019 when simpler times brought a record 11.8 million international visitors to Taiwan’s shores.

Premier Chen Chien-jen says the country is trying to get back on track with 10 million tourists by 2025.

Paying tourists to visit might sound like an unusual way to restock the coffers. But a number of countries are using incentives to rebalance tourist levels after the pandemic.

Hong Kong , for example, is giving away 500,000 airline tickets to attract more visitors.

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Why is Taiwan worth a visit?

The island nation has far more going for it than financial incentives.

It’s a small island to get to know, around half the size of Scotland, so it doesn’t take visitors long to go between the vibrant capital of Taipei and its verdant national parks. Especially when there’s a high-speed railway line in the mix.

With its subtropical climate, you can luxuriate on hot summer nights and beach-hopping trips. But different seasons hold their own appeal. From September to November, Taiwan has a drier autumnal glory, while visitors in February enjoy the full bloom of the cherry blossoms .

As well as Taiwan’s natural beauty, there are around 15,000 temples to explore. While a growing cluster of Michelin stars has been awarded to its restaurants.

It’s also considered one of the safest places in Asia for LGBTQ+ travel , becoming the first country in the region to legalise same-sex marriage in 2019.

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What are the travel rules for Taiwan?

Taiwan reopened its borders on 13 October 2022. Tourists no longer need to quarantine in hotels on arrival.

Everyone, including children aged two and above, will be given a self-administered rapid COVID test kit on arrival. But you only need to take it if you develop symptoms during a seven day “self-initiated epidemic prevention period.”

Masks must be worn outside of your accommodation. And visitors who do test positive for COVID will still have to quarantine at a hotel or at home.

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Taiwan Introduces Plan to Attract Tourists — by Paying Them

The new incentive program comes as the government aims to draw in six million tourists in 2023 and then 10 million tourists by 2025.

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Taiwan is looking to boost its tourism numbers, and will hand out cash to visitors as an incentive to come.

The island will hand out NT $5,000 (or about $166) to 500,000 individual tourists along with up to NT $20,000 (or about $667) to 90,000 tour groups, CNN reported . The money will be given out digitally after tourists arrive, according to the Taipei Times , and can be used to cover expenses while in Taiwan , including for food or accommodation.

However, travelers looking to plan a trip may want to hold tight since it was not immediately clear when the money would be issued or how to apply for it, according to CNN .

“The money will be given out through multiple tourism promotion events this year, rather than giving it all out at once,” Tourism Bureau Director-General Chang Shi-chung said, according to the Taipei Times . “As such, not all international tourists would receive it.“

The new incentive program comes as the government aims to draw in six million tourists in 2023 and then 10 million tourists by 2025, CNN noted.

Transport Minister Wang Kuo-tsai said the island hopes to use the incentive to bring in visitors from key markets, including Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macao, Europe, and America.

Taiwan welcomes travelers, including from the United States, without the need to test for COVID-19 before their trip, according to the American Institute in Taiwan . The country also dropped quarantine rules in October and eased mask rules in December.

Taiwan isn’t the first destination to pay tourists to visit. In 2021, Malta introduced a scheme to pay tourists to stay in hotels there, and last year, a region in Italy’s northeastern corner chose to cover traveler’s train fare in an effort to promote sustainable travel.

On the other hand, several destinations have introduced plans to collect tourist fees , including Thailand , Venice , and Europe as a whole.

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Taiwan Tourism Launches “Taiwan the Lucky Land” Subsidy Scheme for Foreign Travelers

The Taiwan Tourism Bureau has recently launched a subsidy scheme titled “Taiwan the Lucky Land” to encourage more foreign tourists to visit the country now that its COVID-19 restrictions have been lifted. Here are the details of the scheme:

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“Taiwan the Lucky Land” The Lucky Draw

Prize options, eligibility and registration, to register, visitors should:, how to claim the prize.

The scheme offers a lucky draw for a NT$5,000 (US$163) travel stipend for foreign travelers. Over the course of three years from May 1, 2023, to June 30, 2025, 500,000 foreign tourists who win a lucky draw will be provided with NT$5,000. To jump-start Taiwan’s tourism, the NT$5,000 incentive will be handed out to 250,000 winners this year, while in 2024, the prize will be awarded to 150,000 travelers, and in 2025, there will be 100,000 recipients.

Winners must choose in advance whether to receive the funds via a pre-paid payment card or accommodation voucher and present the supporting documentation when claiming the prize at the counter of a designated airport or Tourism Bureau office. Tourists who opt for payment cards can choose between having the money stored on an EasyCard or iPass. When spending the prize money with these cards, the single purchase limit is NT$1,500, while no more than NT$3,000 can be spent per day.

According to the bureau, the draw is open to foreign independent travelers who hold foreign passports, visit Taiwan for three to 90 days, are not members of a tour group, and are not applying for any group-related Taiwan travel subsidies. Visitors may register for the draw one to seven days before their scheduled arrival date in Taiwan.

• Go to the “Taiwan the Lucky Land” website.
• Click on the “Register Now” option.
• Select and click “Register for the lucky draw.”
• Fill out last name, middle name, first name, passport number, nationality, arrival airport, arrival and departure dates, airlines, flight numbers, and email address.
• Next to “Travel prizes options,” select E-Ticket-iPass, E-Ticket- EasyCard, or Accommodation Vouchers.
• Enter the verification code.
• Click the checkbox next to the statement pledging correctness and authenticity of information entered.
• Click “send.”

A confirmation email should arrive at the email address submitted in the form. The email will contain a QR code that will be used to determine whether they have won the draw when they arrive at a designated airport.

Winners can claim the prize by scanning the QR code at the dedicated lucky draw redemption area when arriving at one of these four airports: Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei Songshan Airport, Taichung International Airport, and Kaohsiung International Airport. If the lottery screen at the airport arrival hall indicates that a traveler has won the prize, they must present staff with their passport and relevant supporting documents, including entry stamp, boarding pass, and electronic round-trip air ticket.

The lucky traveler must then sign to confirm receipt and collect the prize. The type of prize received will depend on the option selected when registering. The type of prize cannot be changed after it has been entered into the system. Prizes can only be redeemed on the day of arrival in Taiwan.

To obtain further details, please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section on the website.

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Taiwan to roll out subsidies for tourists heading to Hualien, Taitung during post-quake recovery

Visitors going on self-guided tours to Taiwan’s Hualien and Taitung counties can expect to receive accommodation and transport subsidies.

Taiwan’s Ministry of Transportation and Communications said in a statement on May 2 that it has set aside NT$5.3 billion (S$222 million) for post-quake recovery and reconstruction work, including at least NT$1.3 billion to revitalise the tourism industry.

Taiwan has been hit by more than 1,000 aftershocks since a 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck popular tourist destination Hualien on April 3.

As part of the tourism recovery plan, travellers on self-guided tours can receive accommodation subsidies of NT$1,000 per room if they visit Hualien from Monday to Thursday, and NT$500 per room if they check in from Friday to Sunday, the ministry said.

Those on self-guided tours to Taitung in south-east Taiwan can get NT$1,000 per room if they check in to their accommodation from Monday to Thursday, the ministry added.

Additionally, travel agencies that run group tours can receive accommodation subsidies of up to NT$20,000 for each group that visits Hualien and NT$15,000 for Taitung, the ministry said.

To qualify for the subsidies, each tour group must have more than 20 travellers, and visit for at least two days with one overnight stay. There can only be one weekend day or public holiday included in the travel period.

Each travel agency can apply for subsidies for up to five tour groups for the duration of the programme.

These subsidies will last for three months from July 1, wire service Central News Agency reported.

Aside from accommodation subsidies, the ministry will also introduce a discount where two people can travel for the price of one using the Taiwan Pass – a domestic travel pass that includes unlimited rides on trains, metros, sightseeing shuttles and more. This will be available from July 1, Central News Agency said.

From June 1, travellers can also travel for free on Taiwan Tourist Shuttle services that run in Hualien and Taitung, and enjoy an 80 per cent discount on tours by Taiwan Tour Bus in those areas, the ministry said.

To encourage foreign visitors to visit Hualien via chartered flights, those with at least 50 passengers will be eligible for travel subsidies from NT$300,000 to NT$400,000. The ministry said the programme would take effect from July 1 but did not provide details on how it would operate, Central News Agency reported.

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18th March 2023 – (Taipei) The Taiwan Tourism Bureau announced on Friday that it will officially launch its plan to provide foreign tourists with a subsidy of NT$5,000 (US$164) beginning 15th April. This initiative, which was approved earlier this year, aims to attract six million visitors to Taiwan by the end of 2023, a target that had been set prior to the COVID-19 pandemic when 11 million tourists would visit Taiwan annually.

As per the latest update, the bureau now expects the one millionth visitor to arrive by late March, a significant increase from the original estimate of 800,000 visitors, according to the bureau’s Deputy Director-General, Lin Hsin-jen.

Under the scheme, independent travellers will be eligible to receive an electronic card with a subsidy of NT$5,000 (HK$1,281) after they enter Taiwan, with the bureau still working out the details of the program. Tour groups with a minimum of eight members can receive a subsidy of NT$10,000 (HK$2,562), while larger groups of 15 or more members can receive up to NT$20,000, with a total of 90,000 groups qualifying for these subsidies, as per CNA reports.

The initiative aims to help revive Taiwan’s tourism industry, which has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This effort is expected to provide a much-needed boost to the economy and create job opportunities in the tourism sector.

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Local travel subsidies begin tomorrow, ‘warm-up exercise’: group tours with at least 15 members would be eligible for subsidies, as well as individual tourists and people visiting amusement parks.

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A new domestic travel subsidy program beginning tomorrow aims to encourage 7.22 million people to travel, the Tourism Bureau said yesterday, adding that the scheme would create NT$31.4 billion (US$1.05 billion) in economic value.

The subsidy program, which is to run until Dec. 15, subsidizes group tours arranged by travel agencies, as well as independent travelers and visitors to amusement parks, the bureau said.

A group tour can receive a subsidy of up to NT$30,000 on condition that it has at least 15 members, lasts for at least two days and falls mostly on weekdays, in addition to other requirements set by the bureau.

Tourism Bureau Director-General Chang Shi-chung, left, speaks to reporters in an undated photo.

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Independent travelers would be eligible to apply for a subsidy of NT$800 per room, or up to NT$1,300 per room for travelers who have had a booster shot of a COVID-19 vaccine, for stays in hotels recommended by the bureau, it said.

Amusement park visitors can receive discounts of at least 70 percent through the program, the bureau said.

The program is funded by the government’s Forward-looking Infrastructure Development Program. Of the NT$6 billion earmarked for the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, NT$5.5 billion would be allocated to the Tourism Bureau to support the domestic travel industry, while NT$500 million would support the highway bus system.

The tourism industry has gone through a difficult time over the past two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Minister of Transportation and Communications Wang Kwo-tsai (王國材) told a news conference in Taipei.

“However, we are in the phase of gradually reopening the nation’s borders and preparing to resume normal life. Before the government starts issuing tourist visas to international visitors, we want to use this period to revive domestic tourism,” Wang said. “This should be considered a warm-up exercise for tourism operators, as international visitors are coming [soon].”

Domestic tourism should be the pillar of the nation’s tourism sector, Wang said.

About 80 to 90 percent of domestic travelers engage in one-day tours and many do not know how to make tour arrangements, he said.

Travel agencies should find ways to have tourists spend more days on domestic tours, Wang said, adding that they should also offer tours to attract international travelers and motivate them to visit Taiwan repeatedly.

Wang said he was not too worried about the budget, which could deplete quickly.

“The most important goal of the program is to introduce quality tours of scenic spots in Taiwan to travelers,” Wang said. “In the next five months, borders are expected to gradually reopen and more international visitors are expected to arrive. As we return to normal life, we should aim to generate tourism revenues by attracting more visitors to Taiwan.”

Of the NT$5.5 billion to be used to revitalize domestic tourism, about NT$2 billion will be given to travel agencies, NT$2 billion to hotel and accommodation operators, and NT$400 million to amusement park operators, Tourism Bureau Director-General Chang Shi-chung (張錫聰) said.

The bureau has also selected six “charming tourist destinations” to market to international travelers: the north coast, the northeast coast, the east coast, Sun Moon Lake (日月潭), Alishan (阿里山) and the Penghu islands, Chang said.

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TAIPEI, Taiwan — A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers arrived in  Taiwan  on Sunday, days after the Beijing-claimed island’s  new president took office  with a warning to  China  to stop its threats.

The bipartisan delegation of six House members is the first group of current U.S. officials to meet with Taiwan President  Lai Ching-te  and arrived after China  concluded two days of “punishment” drills  around the island in response to what it described as “separatist acts.”

“I think it’s very important that we show our strong support for Taiwan. I think it is a deterrent,” Rep. Michael McCaul , R-Texas, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told NBC News before their arrival.

The delegation led by McCaul is his second to the island, and also includes Reps. Young Kim, R-Calif., Joe Wilson, R-S.C., Andy Barr, R-Ky., Jimmy Panetta, D-Calif., and Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.

Though lawmakers from the United States and other countries regularly travel to Taiwan, China views such visits as provocative and supportive of “‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces.”

As with McCaul’s first delegation to Taiwan in April 2023, Chinese officials expressed opposition to the current trip.

In an email first obtained by NBC News, a Chinese Embassy official warned McCaul against the visit and described Lai’s inauguration speech on Monday as “the worst speech ever by a Taiwan new leader.”

“It once again proved that Mr. Lai has chosen an independence course and is on his way to implement it,” the email read.

Like the majority of the Taiwanese public, Lai, 65, who was the island’s vice president for the past four years, says he favors maintaining the status quo, neither formally declaring independence nor becoming part of China.

Speaking at a meeting of his Democratic Progressive Party on Sunday, Lai thanked the U.S. and other countries for their support and said he “looked forward to enhancing mutual understanding and reconciliation with China via exchanges and cooperation.”

While in Taipei, the U.S. lawmakers plan to meet with senior Taiwanese officials to understand the new administration’s priorities and objectives, a Foreign Affairs Committee spokesperson said.

The lawmakers will also meet with the leadership of the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto U.S. Embassy, to conduct oversight and discuss the U.S. relationship with Taiwan, which has no formal relations with Washington but relies on it for defensive weapons and international support.

A bipartisan delegation of former senior U.S. officials attended Lai’s inauguration.

China has not ruled out the use of force in unifying with Taiwan, which rejects Beijing’s sovereignty claims. Cross-strait relations deteriorated under Lai’s predecessor, Tsai Ing-wen , with China stepping up military and other pressure on the island, which is formally recognized by only 12 governments worldwide.

In his inauguration speech, Lai, who is also known by his English name William, urged China to cease its political and military threats against democratic Taiwan, which he called “a front-line guardian of world peace.”

“I hope that China will face the reality of the Republic of China’s existence, respect the choices of the people of Taiwan and in good faith choose dialogue over confrontation,” Lai said, using Taiwan’s formal name.

China expressed its disapproval of Lai on Thursday and Friday in joint military exercises in the Taiwan Strait and around groups of Taiwan-controlled islands near the Chinese coast, leading Taiwan’s military to mobilize its own forces.

“This action targets the Taiwan independence forces and deters external forces from interfering, which is entirely reasonable, legal and necessary,” Chinese Defense Ministry spokesperson Wu Qian said at a news conference in Beijing on Friday.

In a statement on Thursday, the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the island would “continue to firmly uphold democracy” and that “this commitment will not change as a result of any coercion or suppression.”

Though China’s military response was expected and not as severe as the live-fire military exercises it launched after then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August 2022, experts said it might indicate a hardening of attitudes in Beijing.

“The million-dollar question that we’re all trying to answer is whether or not this will become a normal thing under the Lai administration, or whether this is just a necessary response that we knew the PRC was going to do?” said Lev Nachman, a political scientist and assistant professor at National Chengchi University in Taipei, using the initials for China’s formal name, the People’s Republic of China.

“We don’t know yet.”

The delegation’s visit also comes after Congress recently passed about $2 billion in military aid for Taiwan in hopes of enhancing its defensive capabilities against China.

Alexander Yui, Taiwan’s new representative to the U.S., said the delegation’s visit to the island was “a show of the strength of friendship that we have worldwide.”

“It’s, in its essence, as important as the military aspect of our solid standing in the world and to show the other side that people do care about Taiwan,” Yui said.

Frank Thorp V is a producer and off-air reporter covering Congress for NBC News, managing coverage of the Senate.

Ryan Nobles is a correspondent covering Capitol Hill.

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After Trump’s Conviction, a Wary World Waits for the Fallout

Already braced for uncertainty about the U.S. election, countries in Europe and Asia are now even more unclear about the future of American diplomacy.

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By Hannah Beech and Paul Sonne

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The world does not vote in American presidential elections. Nor do its jurors play a part in the American judicial system. Nevertheless, the conviction of Donald J. Trump on all 34 felony counts in a hush-money trial in a New York court on Thursday has again made clear how consequential what happens in the United States is for the rest of the planet.

Many America-watchers are grappling with the same questions posed by people in the United States: Can Mr. Trump still run for president? (Yes.) And if so, will the guilty verdicts cut into the support from his political base? (Unclear.)

Foreign observers also began wondering if Mr. Trump, already a volatile force, would become even less likely to stay within the guardrails of normal politics and diplomacy if he won the presidency again in November.

Mr. Trump’s supporters in anti-immigrant, right-wing nationalist circles abroad quickly jumped to his defense. Viktor Orban, Hungary’s Kremlin-friendly prime minister, called Mr. Trump “a man of honor” in a post on X and said the American people should deliver their own verdict in November.

Matteo Salvini, Italy’s deputy prime minister and the leader of the hard-right League party, expressed “solidarity and full support,” and called Mr. Trump a “victim of judicial harassment.”

“This verdict is a disgrace,” Nigel Farage, the pro-Brexit campaigner and Trump supporter, who is honorary president of Reform UK, a small right-wing party in Britain, wrote on social media. “Trump will now win big.”

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia did not immediately respond to the verdict but has seized on the situation more broadly to undermine American influence. Mr. Putin last year called the various proceedings against Mr. Trump political “ persecution ” and said they had revealed the “rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others about democracy.”

His spokesman, Dmitri S. Peskov, reiterated the point on Friday in response to the verdict, saying it was clear to the entire world that the U.S. authorities were trying to eliminate political rivals “by all possible legal and illegal means.”

The convictions by a Manhattan jury come as the question of American engagement has become central in several global crises.

In Ukraine, the war effort against Russia has been stymied after Republicans in Congress delayed American military aid for months.

In Europe, leaders reliant on the United States for their defense are jittery about a return to a more acrimonious relationship with Washington and a possible withdrawal of American support for hardening defenses against Russia.

In Asia, where the Biden administration perceives a growing Chinese threat and worries about a possible invasion of Taiwan, American allies are concerned about the sanctity of defense treaties that have long girded the regional security order.

On the campaign trail, Mr. Trump has said he would encourage Russia to attack any NATO member that doesn’t pay sufficiently for its defense and has questioned whether the United States should defend South Korea, a treaty ally that hosts a large American military presence. He is considering the Ohio senator J.D. Vance, one of Washington’s most vociferous opponents of military aid for Ukraine, as a possible running mate.

Foreign analysts worry that Mr. Trump’s favored currency, unpredictability, could again shake up the global order.

Concern about his possible return to the White House is particularly palpable in Germany, the object of Mr. Trump’s ire for much of his first term and the host of more than 35,000 U.S. troops.

Andrea Römmele, vice president of the Hertie School, a public policy-focused graduate school in Berlin, said many Germans watching the Trump verdict were relieved to see that even a former president was not above the law in the United States. But she said Germans remained very anxious about a Trump victory.

“I think everyone is much more prepared to think the unthinkable,” she said.

Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland, whose right-wing domestic opponents accuse him of using the judiciary to settle political scores, hailed the conviction of Mr. Trump in New York as “an American lesson” for Polish politicians.

“The law determines guilt and punishment, regardless of whether the perpetrator is a president or a minister,” Mr. Tusk said in a message posted on X. A veteran centrist, Mr. Tusk took office after an October election that ousted a nationalist government that cultivated close ties with Mr. Trump during and after his time in the White House.

Still, on Friday, most foreign governments, forced to surf every shift in the American political mood, reacted cautiously.

“I would like to refrain from commenting on matters related to judicial procedures in other countries,” Yoshimasa Hayashi, Japan’s chief cabinet secretary, said at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.

In Britain, where a national election campaign is underway, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak refused to discuss the Trump case. His Labour Party opponent, Keir Starmer, a former top prosecutor, said he respected the court’s decision and called the situation unprecedented.

“Ultimately whether he is elected president will be a matter for the American people and obviously, if we’re privileged to come in to serve, we would work with whoever they choose as their president,” Mr. Starmer told BBC Radio Scotland.

Mao Ning, a spokeswoman for China’s foreign ministry, declined to comment on the verdict. She said she hoped whoever was elected president would “be committed to developing healthy and stable China-U. S. relations.”

The possibility of Mr. Trump’s return to the White House is a source of anxiety for U.S. allies in Asia that rely on Washington for their defense.

When Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan made a state visit to Washington in April, President Biden called relations between the countries the most important bilateral alliance in the world. With American concern rising over China’s expanding military footprint, Mr. Biden has strengthened American defense partnerships with Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and others in Asia.

By contrast, while president, Mr. Trump called for Japan, which hosts more than 50,000 American troops on its soil, to pay $8 billion for the upkeep of American bases there. (It never happened.)

Still, the fundamental tension in regional geopolitics — the contest between the United States and China — will continue no matter who wins the American presidential election.

“Beijing has no illusion about Trump or Biden, given their anti-China solid stance,” said Lau Siu-kai, an adviser to the Chinese government on Hong Kong policy. “Beijing is all set for a more intense confrontation with the U.S. over technology, trade and Taiwan.”

Officials in China’s embassy in the United States and its consulates around the country are most likely scrambling to assess how the verdict could affect the election, said Willy Lam, an analyst of Chinese politics at the Jamestown Foundation in Washington.

“The majority of Xi Jinping’s advisers now think a Trump presidency might be worse for U.S.-China relations,” Mr. Lam said of China’s top leader. “If Trump were to win, given the now peculiar circumstances of his victory, he might gravitate towards unpredictable actions to assert his authority.”

There is a sense in Asia that the region is perennially overlooked and underappreciated by U.S. presidents, particularly as crises in Europe and the Middle East have monopolized Mr. Biden’s attention. That sentiment was also felt acutely during Mr. Trump’s presidency, and for American partners in Asia it was made worse by his affinity for regional strongmen.

In addition to occasional expressions of admiration for Mr. Putin and Kim Jong-un of North Korea, Mr. Trump invited to the White House a former army chief who led a coup in Thailand and installed himself as prime minister. Mr. Trump drew accolades from Rodrigo Duterte, formerly the president of the Philippines and now under investigation by the International Criminal Court over his deadly war on drugs.

The Philippines is now led by the son of the longtime dictator Ferdinand E. Marcos, who died in exile in Hawaii. He has reoriented the country away from China back toward the United States.

In at least one regard — the prosecution of former leaders — the rest of the world is far ahead of the United States. South Korea, where four former presidents have been convicted of corruption and abuse of power, has made something of a national sport of imprisoning disgraced leaders. The former French presidents Nicolas Sarkozy and Jacques Chirac were convicted of corruption.

Jacob Zuma, the former president of South Africa, has been charged with money laundering, among other crimes. And Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was sentenced to years in prison for corruption after leading Brazil. His convictions were eventually annulled. He is again president of the country.

Reporting was contributed by Stephen Castle, Elisabetta Povoledo, Roger Cohen, Zixu Wang, Andrew Higgins, Camille Elemia , Choe Sang-Hun , Motoko Rich , Alexandra Stevenson , Sui-Lee Wee and Sameer Yasir .

An earlier version of this article misstated the length of Rodrigo Duterte’s term in office. It was six years, not eight years.

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Hannah Beech is a Times reporter based in Bangkok who has been covering Asia for more than 25 years. She focuses on in-depth and investigative stories. More about Hannah Beech

Paul Sonne is an international correspondent, focusing on Russia and the varied impacts of President Vladimir V. Putin’s domestic and foreign policies, with a focus on the war against Ukraine. More about Paul Sonne

Our Coverage of the Trump Hush-Money Trial

Guilty Verdict : Donald Trump was convicted on all 34 counts  of falsifying records to cover up a sex scandal that threatened his bid for the White House in 2016, making him the first American president to be declared a felon .

What Happens Next: Trump’s sentencing hearing on July 11 will trigger a long and winding appeals process , though he has few ways to overturn the decision .

Reactions: Trump’s conviction reverberated quickly across the country  and around the world . Here’s what voters , New Yorkers , Republicans , Trump supporters  and President Biden  had to say.

The Presidential Race : The political fallout of Trump’s conviction is far from certain , but the verdict will test America’s traditions, legal institutions and ability to hold an election under historic partisan tension .

Making the Case: Over six weeks and the testimony of 20 witnesses, the Manhattan district attorney’s office wove a sprawling story  of election interference and falsified business records.

Legal Luck Runs Out: The four criminal cases that threatened Trump’s freedom had been stumbling along, pleasing his advisers. Then his good fortune expired .