U.S. Names Taiwan Envoy With China Ambassador Post Still Vacant
Samson Ellis and Betty Hou, Bloomberg News
(Bloomberg) The U.S. appointed a new top representative to Taiwan, in the Biden administrationâs latest move to strengthen ties with Taipei amid increasing pressure from Beijing.
Sandra Oudkirk is the incoming director of the American Institute in Taiwanâs Taipei office, the de facto U.S. ambassador in the absence of official ties, succeeding Brent Christensen later this summer, the institute said in a statement Tuesday night.
Oudkirk takes over at a time of significant change in Taiwanâs relationship with the U.S. and China and as the Biden administrationâs slow pace of naming envoys sees the position in Beijing vacant for the past ninth months. Washington has sought to beef up its semi-official ties with Taipei in commercial and cultural sectors, to go alongside already robust cooperation in defense, in an effort to push back against what it sees as
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