U.S. health chief to visit Taiwan, likely angering China
Source: Reuters
TAIPEI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will visit Taiwan in coming days, his office said on Tuesday, making the highest-level visit by a U.S. official in four decades - a move likely to anger China, which claims the island as its own.
Azars visit will probably worsen already poor Beijing-Washington relations, inflamed over trade, the pandemic and human rights, even as Taiwan has welcomed the show of support in the face of unrelenting Chinese pressure.
During his visit, Azar will meet with President Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwans Foreign Ministry said, which may infuriate China further.
Taiwan has been a model of transparency and cooperation in global health during the COVID-19 pandemic and long before it, Azar said in a statement. I look forward to conveying President Trumps support for Taiwans global health leadership and underscoring our shared belief that free and democratic societies are the best model for protecting and promoting health.
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KY_EnviroGuy
(14,494 posts)Working Americans will pay dearly over decades from China's slow, painful retaliation.
What a hypocrite: Taiwan has been a model of transparency and cooperation in global health during the COVID-19 pandemic..." after repeatedly slamming W.H.O. and keeping crucial medical supplies away from other nations using predatory tactics.
KY.......
It should anger Taiwan.
Roy Rolling
(6,925 posts)Somebody tell the world we want him gone as much as they do.
But for entirely different reasons. Dont take advantage of us now, itll be a new ball game within 90 days.