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Biden Sends Unofficial Delegation to Taiwan WASHINGTON—Former Senator Chris Dodd and former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armitage and James Steinberg headed to Taiwan on Tuesday at President Joe Biden’s request. A senior Biden administration official told Reuters the dispatch of the “unofficial” delegation comes as the United States and Taiwan mark the 42nd anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act, for which Biden voted when he was a U.S. senator. The delegation will meet with sen...

former Senator Chris Dodd former US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg  "The selection of these three individuals - senior statesmen who are longtime friends of Taiwan and personally close with President Biden - sends an important signal about the US commitment to Taiwan and its democracy," a US statement said. The PLA combat exercises come a day after Chinas air force sent a whopping 25 military aircraft to breach Taiwans airspace in the largest ever such breach.  Senior U.S. offic...

Handout by Taiwans Ministry of Foreign Affairs / AFP A U.S. delegation led by former Senator Chris Dodd arrived on the democratic island of Taiwan on Wednesday, amid rising tensions with China. Dodds is the first delegation to visit the country since President Joe Biden took office in January. A close personal friend of Biden, Dodd was accompanied by former deputy secretaries of state Richard Armitage and James Steinberg, and greeted by Taiwan foreign minister Joseph Wu. Taiwan fo...

TAIPEI, Taiwan — A former U.S. senator and two ex-State Department officials will arrive in Taiwan on Wednesday at a time of tense relations with China, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said. Chris Dodd, a Democratic senator from Connecticut from 1981 to 2011, is coming with two former deputy secretaries of state, James Steinberg from the Democratic […]

As Biden’s emissaries go to Taiwan, China terms military exercises as ‘combat drills’ BusinessWorld 3 hrs ago © Provided by BusinessWorld BEIJING  — China described its military exercises near Taiwan as “combat drills” on Wednesday, hours before the arrival of senior former US officials in Taipei on a trip to signal President Joseph R. Biden’s commitment to Taiwan and its democracy. Taiwan has complained over the proximity of repeated Chinese military activity, including figh...

Visit by U.S. delegation shows bipartisan support: Presidential Office 04/14/2021 08:39 PM Members of the delegation wave at Taipeis Songshan Airport. CNA photo April 14, 2021 Taipei, April 14 (CNA) The arrival Wednesday of an American delegation in Taipei, led by former Senator Chris Dodd, is an indication of bipartisan support in the United States for Taiwan, the Presidential Office said. The visit by the group, which includes former deputy secretaries of state Richard Armitage and James Stei...

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Follow RT on A former US senator and Biden ally has arrived in Taiwan along with a delegation after Washington gave its ambassadors greater freedom to meet with officials from the island nation. China had warned against the move. On Wednesday afternoon, at 3pm local time (7am GMT), a delegation led by US President Joe Biden’s political ally, former Senator Chris Dodd, landed at Taipei’s Songshan Airport.  Also onboard the plane were former Deputy Secretaries of State Richard Armita...

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