Taiwan envoy interacts briefly with Xi at Apec summit

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BANGKOK - Taiwan’s envoy to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit, Dr Morris Chang, interacted briefly with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the forum in Bangkok on Friday. Dr Chang said on Saturday that he had met Mr Xi at the rest area while attending the two-day Apec Economic Leaders’ Meeting. “He asked me how I was, and I congratulated him on the successful 20th Chinese Communist Party congress,” he said, referencing October’s event in Beijing where Mr Xi secured an unprecedented third term in office. Dr Chang, 91, is the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company,...