The former prime minister said yesterday: "Taiwan is a beacon of freedom and democracy. I'm looking forward to showing solidarity with the Taiwanese people in person in the face of increasingly aggressive behaviour and rhetoric from the regime in Beijing."
Truss's office said that she was expected to meet senior members of the Taiwanese government.
When the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, visited Taiwan last year, China claimed it had put its army on "high alert" and announced targeted military operations including missile tests.
The Foreign Office is aware Truss is travelling to Taiwan. The government has been attempting to deal with Beijing's growing economic and political reach, with other influential Tory MPs also pressing the prime minister and his cabinet to take a harder line.
Last night a UK government spokesperson said: "We wouldn't get involved in the independent travel decisions of a private citizen who is not a member of the government."
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