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U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping this week for talks in Beijing certain to feature the issue of democratically-governed Taiwan, which China claims as its territory, although Taipei rejects those claims. Here are key developments in ties between the United States, China and Taiwan: 1949 – Mao Zedong’s communists take power in Beijing after defeating Chiang Kai-shek’s Republic of China government in a civil war, which then flees to Taiwan. 1950 – Taiwan becomes an ally of the United States, which is at war with China in Korea. The United States deploys a fleet in the…
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