Taiwan Foreign Minister’s publicised visit to Washington stirs talk over significance

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Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu was at the American Institute of Taiwan to hold closed-door meetings with senior US officials.

Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu was at the American Institute of Taiwan to hold closed-door meetings with senior US officials.

PHOTO: REUTERS

On Feb 21, Mr Joseph Wu walked through a front door – and people started talking.

After all, it was not any regular entrance. It was the front door to the Washington headquarters of the American Institute of Taiwan (AIT), which acts as the US government’s representative in dealing with Taiwan.

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