U.S. Official Heads to Taiwan to Shore Up Support in Pacific
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A senior U.S. State Department official is scheduled to arrive in Taiwan next week in an effort to shore up support for Taipei in the Pacific just weeks after Beijing managed to poach two of the island’s few remaining diplomatic allies in the region.
Sandra Oudkirk, the State Department’s deputy assistant secretary for Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, will arrive in Taipei Monday to discuss bolstering Taiwan’s ties in the Pacific, Deputy Foreign Minister Hsu Szu-chien said at a briefing on Saturday.