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FM: China Opposed To US Health Sec Visit To Taiwan

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The Chinese Foreign Ministry has issued comment on the story that broke several hours ago that US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar is set to visit Taiwan in the coming days.

  • Azar's visit will mark the first time a US Cabinet official has set foot on the island in six years and leads the highest level delegation since 1979.
  • The Chinese FM said that it is opposed to official interactions between the US and Taiwan (which Beijing views as a province of the People's Republic of China). Went on to say that Taiwan is the most important issue in relations with the US.
  • Azar's visit to Taiwan comes at a particularly tense time for Sino-US relations, with significant focus on the future of Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok, as well as an escalating series of military drills and airspace incursions in the East and South China Seas.

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