Top US health official to travel to Taiwan for highest-level visit in four decades


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News / By chief Issued on: 05/08/2020 – 09:34 U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days, his office said on Tuesday, making the highest-level visit by a U.S. official in four decades – a move likely to anger China, which claims the island as its own. Azar’s visit will probably worsen already poor Beijing-Washington relations , inflamed over trade, the pandemic and human rights, even as Taiwan has welcomed the show of support in the face of unrelenting Chinese pressure. During his visit, Azar will meet with President Tsai Ing-wen , Taiwan’s...