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TAIPEI: The Cabinet-level head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will visit Taiwan, the island’s premier said on Friday, in what will be the third visit by a senior U.S. official since August. China, which claims democratically-run Taiwan as its own territory, reacted with fury when the U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar came to Taipei in August, followed by U.S. Undersecretary of State Keith Krach in September, sending fighter jets near the island each time. The Trump administration has ramped up support for Taiwan, including with new arms sales, alarming China. Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang told reporters Taiwan-U.S. interactions had...
