UK Security Minister Breaks with Convention to Meet Taiwanese Minister: Sources

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Britain’s security minister, Tom Tugendhat, met Taiwan’s digital minister on Wednesday, people with knowledge of the talks said, a meeting that breaks with conventional British foreign policy and risks infuriating the Chinese government. Britain formally recognises Taiwan as part of China and has not maintained formal diplomatic relations with the island since 1972. Although junior British ministers hold talks with their Taiwanese counterparts, the convention was that senior British ministers do not meet with Taiwanese officials. One source said the meeting with the Taiwanese minister, Audrey Tang, was about mutual security interests. China considers democratically self-ruled Taiwan as part of...