Released into the wind of cement from. Energy welcome to news asia glad you could join us the United States is de facto ambassador to taiwan has attended a military service with taiwans the sighing when it is the fust time ever that a defector u. S. Ambassador has attended the ceremony in a move likely to raise tensions with china Brant Christensen who heads the American Institute in taiwan the us is defacto embassy on the island attended a service commemorating what is called the 2nd taiwan straits crisis it refers to the chinese bumbling of kinsmen island in 1958 that led to the deaths of taiwanese troops who control the island its proximity to the chinese mainland has always been a source of tension with taiwan. Christensens appearance with the taiwanese view dot coms at a time of growing tensions between the u. S. And china over the United States has continued military support for taiwan which breaching regards as a part of the state of tree from what we can go across to taipei whe