Taiwan names TSMC founder Morris Chang as Apec summit envoy
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Chip pioneer Morris Chang (above) said he had interacted directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Apec conference in 2022, although they did not discuss issues relating to the Taiwan Strait.
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TAIPEI – Taiwan has appointed Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) founder Morris Chang as its special envoy to November’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit, where the presidents of the United States and China are likely to meet for the first time in almost a year.
It will be the fifth time that Mr Chang has represented Taiwan at the meeting, according to a statement from the Taiwanese Presidential Office. The summit will be held in 2023 in San Francisco from Nov 11 to 17.
The 92-year-old chip pioneer told local media that he had interacted directly with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the conference in 2022, although the two did not discuss issues relating to the Taiwan Strait.
Teams from both the US and China have been scouting venues for Mr Xi to meet President Joe Biden on the sidelines of this year’s summit, although officials in Beijing have not officially signed off on the meeting, Bloomberg News reported. If it goes through, it would mark the first time that the leaders of the world’s two largest economies have spoken since the Group of 20 Summit in Indonesia last November.
Taiwan is one of the most critical points of tension between the major powers, whose relations have been further strained since an alleged Chinese spy balloon floated over America
Another key concern has been US export restrictions
