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WASHINGTON (REUTERS) - US President Joe Biden will send a delegation of former senior defence and security officials to Taiwan on Monday (Feb 28), a senior official of his administration said, a sign of support for the island regarded as a renegade Chinese province, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The visit, led by one-time chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mike Mullen, comes at a time when Taiwan has stepped up its alert level, wary of China taking advantage of a distracted West to move against it. Beijing regards Taiwan as a renegade province awaiting reunification with the mainland,...
