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US Under Secretary of State Keith Krach, center, gestures after disembarking from a plane upon arrival at the air force base airport in Taipei, Taiwan
US UNDER-SECRETARY of State Keith Krach began a three-day trip to Taiwan today, becoming the highest-level official of the US State Department to visit the island in decades.
The mission follows US ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft lunching with Taiwan’s top official in New York on Wednesday, the first time anyone in her role as met a senior Taiwanese official since 1971, when China’s seat at the United Nations passed from the Republic of China on Taiwan to the People’s Republic on the mainland.
Ms Craft said she was “looking to do the right thing by my president” by deepening relations with Taiwan, which China sees as a provocative attempt to undermine the one-China policy.
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