US visit to Taiwan begins, adding to escalating China tensions


United States' Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar. When Azar arrives in Taiwan he’ll find a society that has managed to contain Covid-19 by doing things the US has fumbled, such as having a national plan and citizens willing to wear masks. - AP

TAIPEI, Aug 09 (Bloomberg): Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar will arrive in Taiwan on Sunday for the highest-ranking visit by a US official to the island in decades, a trip that stands to further worsen spiraling relations between the US and China.

Azar is set to discuss the international response to the Covid-19 (coronavirus), along with supplies of medical equipment and technology, according to a statement last week from the Department of Health and Human Services.

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