US delegation to attend Taiwan inauguration as China tensions flare

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WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden will dispatch former US officials to Taiwan as its new president takes office, a show of support for the island calibrated to avoid enraging Beijing. Biden is

A demonstrator holds flags of Taiwan and the United States in support of Taiwan ese President Tsai Ing-wen during a stop-over after she visited Latin America in Burlingame, California, US, on Jan 14, 2017.

Over the past four years, China's military has significantly ramped up its activities around democratically governed Taiwan. The US official said"we are in touch" with Taipei on the"content" of Lai's inauguration speech, reinforcing its long-standing policies on the topic.

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