Former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo arrives in Taiwan today for a four-day visit, accompanied by his wife and Miles Yu (余茂春), his principal China policy adviser during his tenure at the US Department of State. As the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in its news release announcing Pompeo’s visit, he is a valued, long-term friend of Taiwan. As secretary of state, Pompeo pushed for closer relations between Washington and Taipei, approved multiple tranches of arms sales to Taiwan and declassified several important memoranda from the administration of former US president Ronald Reagan. Of particular note was the declassification of