On October 6, former Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen arrived in California on her first visit to the US after leaving office, where she was welcomed by local overseas Chinese and met with former US House Speaker Pelosi in San Francisco to discuss the situations in Taiwan, the United States, and the world. Pelosi praised Tsai Ing-wen on social media as a brave defender of democracy. Tsai is scheduled to attend a conference on technology and national security at Stanford University's Hoover Institution on October 7 and deliver a speech.