KINMEN, TAIWAN (REUTERS) - Amid rising tensions with Beijing, the de facto United States ambassador in Taipei on Sunday (Aug 23) joined a Taiwanese leader for the first time to commemorate a key military clash and the last time Taiwanese forces joined battle with China on a large scale.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KINMEN, TAIWAN - Amid rising tensions with Beijing, the de facto United States ambassador in Taipei on Sunday joined a Taiwanese leader for the first time to commemorate a key military clash and the last time Taiwanese forces joined battle with China on a large scale.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen laid a wreath and bowed her head in respect at a memorial park on Kinmen island, which sits a few kilometres off the Chinese metropolis of Xiamen, to mark the 62nd anniversary of the start of the second Taiwan Straits crisis. Mr Brent Christensen, head of the American Institute in Taiwan and Washington's de facto representative, offered his respects, too, standing behind Ms Tsai, in a symbolic show of US support for the island.
Major-General Liu Qiang-hua, spokesman for the Kinmen garrison, said it was important to remember an event that was so crucial to ensuring Taiwan's security.
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