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Washington: Joe Biden has invited Taiwan to a virtual summit on democracy with more than 100 countries – a move to anger China, which is not on the list. The convention was a campaign pledge by the US President, who has placed the conflict between democracies and “autocratic governments” at the center of his foreign policy. The “Summit for Democracy” will take place online on December 9 and 10 before an in-person meeting in its second edition next year. The meeting was long advertised, but the guest list – published Tuesday on the State Department’s website – will be scrutinized...
