A top Pentagon official on China policy will visit Taiwan in the days ahead, setting up a diplomatically sensitive trip amid already heightened U.S.-China tensions
The trip to the self-ruled island comes amid already heightened tensions over a suspected Chinese spy balloon
A suspected Chinese spy balloon and three unidentified flying objects were shot down over the U.S. and Canada in recent weeks. An aeronautics historian explains the history of spy balloons and why countries still use them today. Graphic: Miki Katoni. U.S. officials described the coming visit by Michael Chase, deputy assistant secretary of defense for China, as a long-planned trip to
. But it is likely to be seen as provocative by Beijing, which claims the self-ruled island as its own territory and bristles over visits from top American officials. The Financial Times first reported on the visit.
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