US health secretary to visit Taiwan to discuss global virus response
The visit comes as US-China relations are at an all-time low and is likely to anger China, which sees Taiwan as its territory
05 August 2020 - 12:01
Taipei — US health and human services secretary Alex Azar will lead a delegation to Taiwan in the highest-level visit by a US cabinet official since Washington cut ties with Taipei more than 40 years ago.
Azar is scheduled to arrive in Taiwan “in the coming days” to discuss the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic and supplies of medical equipment and technology, according to a statement on Wednesday from the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto US embassy in Taipei. It is the first cabinet-level visit to Taiwan in six years...
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