US defense delegation visits Taiwan as China denounces trip
By DW
02 March 2022 |
12:20 pm
Former defense officials from the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama visited Taiwan. The delegation arrived amid fears Russia's Ukraine invasion could spark China's geopolitical ambitions for the island.
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