Taiwan sends minister to US to support defending democratic island

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Taiwan sends minister to US to support defending democratic island

Robert Besser
30 Aug 2022, 17:21 GMT+10

A top Taiwanese foreign policy official will tour the United States, in another message sent to the increasingly threatening China.
Chiu Tai-san will meet with U.S. officials and speak at think-tank events, in a bid to rally U.S. support for Taiwan, his department said.
Though the United States has no diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the U.S. government is required by law to provide the island with the means to defend itself.

TAIPEI, Taiwan: A top Taiwanese foreign policy official will tour the United States, in another message sent to the increasingly threatening China.

Coming to the United States will be Minister Chiu Tai-san, the head of Taiwan's China-policy making Mainland Affairs Council, a cabinet-level agency.

Chiu Tai-san will meet with U.S. officials and speak at think-tank events, in a bid to rally U.S. support for Taiwan, his department said.

China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has held increasingly aggressive military drills since U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in early August.

No details have been released as to which U.S. officials Chiu will meet with.

"Taiwan is a responsible party in the region. We are calm and not impetuous, rational and not provocative, but we will not shirk," said the Mainland Affairs Council in a statement.

"We will firmly defend national sovereignty and security, adhere to the line of the defense of democracy and freedom, and strive to maintain the peaceful status quo in the Taiwan Strait."

Though the United States has no diplomatic relations with Taiwan, the U.S. government is required by law to provide the island with the means to defend itself.

Taiwan's government maintains that mainland China has never ruled the island and has no right to claim it, and that only its 23 million people can decide their future.

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