UPDATE 2-China offers vaccines to Taiwan to fight COVID-19


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(Recasts first sentence with response from Washington, adds comment from senior U.S. official) BEIJING/TAIPEI, May 24 (Reuters) - China on Monday offered to urgently send COVID-19 vaccines to Taiwan to help it battle a sharp rise in coronavirus infections, drawing an angry response from Taipei and a swipe from Washington, which said U.S. vaccines did not have strings attached. China and Chinese-claimed Taiwan have sparred repeatedly during the pandemic. Taipei has accused Beijing of spreading fake news and trying to limit its access to the World Health Organization (WHO), while Beijing says Taipei is trying to politicize the pandemic for...