Senior Pentagon official visits Taiwan

Senior Pentagon official visits Taiwan – report

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 19, 2023 3:00 am

WASHINGTON, D.C.: A top United States defense official has arrived in Taiwan on a rare visit, the Financial Times (FT) newspaper reported on Friday, a trip that is bound to further fan tensions between Washington and Beijing over the shoot down of an alleged Chinese spy balloon.

Michael Chase, US Defense deputy assistant secretary for China, is the most senior Pentagon official to visit the East Asian island since a 2019 trip by Heino Klinck, then-deputy assistant secretary for East Asia, the FT said.

MARCHING ALONG Honor guards take part in a welcome ceremony for Paraguayan President Mario Abdo Benitez and Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen (not pictured) in the capital Taipei on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. AFP PHOTO

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