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Mike Pompeo mentioned the US has ended the decades-old restrictions. (File) Washington: The USA is ending decades-old restrictions governing official contacts with Taiwan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioned in an announcement Saturday. He mentioned the “advanced inside restrictions” regulating contacts by diplomats, service members and others had been imposed “in an try and appease the Communist regime in Beijing,” including, “No extra.” The declaration — which comes within the remaining two weeks of the Trump administration — appears sure to infuriate China, which sees Taiwan as its personal territory and has labored to maintain it remoted on the world...
