1 2021-01-13 15:56:33Xinhua
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Since 2009, a total of 79 bases for exchanges across the Taiwan Straits have been established in 24 provincial-level regions of the Chinese mainland, a mainland spokesperson said on Wednesday.
The establishment of these bases shows that the mainland has been unswervingly implementing its Taiwan principles and policies, said Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council.
The move also reflects the mainland s commitment to expanding exchanges and cooperation, deepening integrated development, and promoting closer bonds of hearts and minds between people on both sides of the Strait, according to Zhu.
US Cancels Ambassador’s Controversial Trip to Taiwan
Kelly Craft, the American ambassador to the U.N., would have been the third high-level U.S. official to visit Taiwan in recent months.
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January 13, 2021
Kelly Craft, Washington’s ambassador to the United Nations, leaving the U.N. headquarters in New Work on September 20, 2019.
Credit: Flickr/Diplomatic Security Service
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The U.S. State Department canceled the planned Taiwan visit by its U.N. ambassador that has drawn strong opposition and a warning from China.
The department announced it was canceling all senior-level overseas travels, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s planned trip to Belgium, in a decision to assist with the transition to the next administration.
Pompeo had planned to go to Belgium and UN Ambassador Kelly Craft had planned to visit Taiwan but all travel has now been canceled, State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said.