China sends fighter jets as US health chief visits Taiwan
US Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar wearing a face mask attends a meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen at the presidential office, in Taipei, Taiwan August 10, 2020.
Chinese air force jets briefly crossed the mid-line of theTaiwanStrait on Monday and were tracked byTaiwanese missiles,Taiwan's government said, as UShealth chief Alex Azar visited the island to offer President Donald Trump's support.
The aircraft were tracked by land-basedTaiwanese anti-aircraft missiles and were "driven out" by patrollingTaiwanese aircraft, the air force said in a statement released by the defence ministry.
Azar arrived inTaiwanon Sunday, the highest-level USofficial to visit in four decades. Azar's viistis the highest-level USOfficial visit to Taiwan in decades.
Azar is visiting to strengthen economic and public-health cooperation withTaiwanand support its international role in fighting the novel coronavirus.
"Taiwan's response to COVID-19 has been among the most successful in the world, and that is a tribute to the open, transparent, democratic nature ofTaiwan's society and culture," he told Tsai.
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Taking Beijing's one-China policy head on, Azar said, "This visit represents an acknowledgement of the US and Taiwan's deep friendship and partnership across security, economics, health care, and democratic, open, transparent values".
Taiwan has been successful in containing the wuhan virus pandemic.
Azar's visit comes at a time whenUS-China relation have hit a rock bottom. Both countries are slapping each other with sanctions. There is an ongoing trade war and a blamegame over the Wuhan virus pandemic.