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On Aug. 9, U.S. health secretary Alex Azar arrived in Taiwan for a three-day visit, making him the most senior American official to visit the self-ruled island in four decades. In a meeting the next day with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen, Azar praised the local response to the COVID-19 pandemic, saying that it was “a ...
In a 40-minute speech delivered on Oct. 24, Vice President Mike Pence criticized the communist Chinese authorities for continued violations of human rights and pernicious trade practices, while stressing America’s support for democracy in Hong Kong and Taiwan. Speaking at the Wilson Center in Washington, the vice president expressed regret that the Chinese Communist Party’s ...
