Trump-Xi summit comes with high stakes for Taiwan, the island democracy that China claims as its own
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump, in his return to the White House, has demonstrated greater ambivalence toward Taiwan, an approach that is raising questions ahead of this week’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping about whether the U. S. leader could be open to dialing back support for the island democracy that Beijing views as its breakaway province. Trump in December authorized an $11 billion arms package for Taiwan — the largest weapons sale ever to the island — but Xi...
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