US to ‘Redouble’ Efforts to Ensure Taiwan’s Global Participation, Official Says

US to ‘Redouble’ Efforts to Ensure Taiwan’s Global Participation, Official Says
James Moriarty, chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), speaks during an interview in Taipei, Taiwan, on April 18, 2019. Tyrone Siu/Reuters
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TAIPEI, Taiwan—The United States will “redouble” its efforts to ensure Taiwan’s participation on the global stage, a senior U.S. official told President Tsai Ing-wen on March 5, amid the Chinese regime’s efforts to prevent the island from having any international footprint.

China says Taiwan is a Chinese province and that only Beijing has the right to represent Taiwan’s 23 million people in international bodies such as the World Health Organization (WHO), unless the island accepts that it’s part of China.