CHINA-US: US HEALTH SECRETARY TO VISIT TAIWAN IN "COMING DAYS"
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US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar will lead a delegation to Taiwan “in the coming days” to discuss the global response to the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as supplies of medical equipment and technology, according to a statement on August 5, from the Department of Health and Human Services. It will be the highest-level visit by a U.S. cabinet official since Washington cut ties with Taipei more than 40 years ago. Predictably, the announcement drew a rebuke from China, which said (August 5) that it remained “firmly opposed” to official interactions between the U.S. and Taiwan. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told a daily briefing that Beijing had “lodged stern representations” to U.S. officials and called Taiwan “the most important and sensitive issue in China-U.S. relations.”
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