American envoy keen for Taiwan-Palau-US cooperation as China protests against official ties | South China Morning Post

The first US official to visit Taiwan under the Biden administration has held meetings with the Taipei's foreign minister and the head of the de facto American embassy amid warnings from Beijing about crossing "red lines" in relations with the self-ruled island. US ambassador to Palau John Hennessey-Niland is in Taiwan as part of a delegation led by Surangel Whipps, the president of the Micronesian nation, to launch a "travel bubble" between the two islands on Thursday. On Tuesday, Hennessey-Niland said he was confident that ties between Taiwan and Palau would strengthen further, and he looked forward to discussing other…