Biden administration invites Taiwan to democracy summit


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The Biden administration has invited Taiwan to its "Summit for Democracy" next month, according to a list of participants published yesterday, a move likely to infuriate China, which views the democratically governed island as its territory. The first-of-its-kind gathering is a test of President Joe Biden's assertion, announced in his first foreign policy address in office in February, that he would return the United States to global leadership to face down authoritarian forces. There are 110 participants on the State Department's invitation list, including Ireland, for the virtual event on 9 and 10 December, which aims to help stop democratic...