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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

US and allies should move to protect ‘freedom of navigation’, says Taiwan envoy

Kelly Wu-Chiao Hsieh at a conference on Covid-19 in May 2020
Tapei’s representative to the UK, seen here at a conference on Covid-19 in May 2020, also called for closer trade relations between the UK and Taiwan. Photograph: Walid Berrazeg/SOPA Images/REX/Shutterstock

The US and its allies should jointly respond to China’s live ammunition drills designed to intimidate Taiwan by holding “freedom of navigation” operations in the Taiwan Strait, Taipei’s official representative to the UK has said.

In an interview with the Guardian, Kelly Wu-Chiao Hsieh also called on the UK to uphold the principles of rules-based international order and forge closer trade and investment relations with Taiwan. He welcomed the decision of the foreign secretary, Liz Truss, to condemn the unprecedented Chinese military exercises in the wake of the visit of the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, to the island, the most senior US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years.

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