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Taiwan foreign minister visits US for Arizona office opening
Original: Taiwan foreign minister visits US for opening of new Arizona office
Taiwan's foreign minister has travelled to the United States to attend the opening of a new Taiwanese office in Arizona. The visit highlights the island's effort to deepen unofficial ties with American states despite the absence of formal diplomatic relations, and is likely to draw scrutiny from Beijing, which opposes official contacts between Taiwan and the US.
Why now: High-level Taiwanese official travel to the US is sensitive and signals deepening unofficial ties amid US-China tensions
TaiwanUnited StatesArizonaTaiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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