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U.S. cites 'format constraints' for online COVID-19 meet Taiwan exclusion Washington, Nov. 10 (CNA) Washington has said "time and format constraints" were behind the decision not to include Taiwan in a virtual COVID-19 ministerial meeting of around 40 countries hosted by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken Wednesday. The first ever virtual COVID-19 meeting was joined by multiple foreign ministers and leaders from international organizations to discuss issues such as equity of vaccine distribution, and global health security, according to the State Department. Incidentally, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (王毅) and ambassador to Washington Qin Gang (秦剛) were in attendance,...
