The U.S.’s top China defense official arrived in Taiwan for an official visit on Friday, according to reports.
The U.S.’s top China defense official arrived in Taiwan for an official visit on Friday, the, amid rising tensions between Beijing and Washington over the recent discovery and shootdown of a high-altitude Chinese balloon that U.S. officials say was used for spying....
U.S. defense contractors Lockheed Martin and Raytheon over arms sales to Taiwan—following up on a threat made earlier in the week to target “U.S. entities that undermine China's sovereignty and security.”by a top Pentagon official to Taiwan in the past four years.Chase’s purported visit to Taiwan comes just six months after former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island along with a Congressional delegation.
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