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3-day visit of US Admiral to Taiwan rankles China; Vows to make a ‘legitimate’ and necessary response
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3-day visit of US Admiral to Taiwan rankles China; Vows to make a ‘legitimate’ and necessary response

The visit of Rear Admiral Michael Studeman to Taiwan, a top US admiral who heads intelligence at the U.S. military’s Indo-Pacific Command, has rankled China. Rear Admiral Studeman arrived in Taipei on Sunday. The visit would make Studeman one of the highest-ranking U.S. military officers to have visited Taiwan in recent years, says a report in the Singapore based news channel CNA. Though Taiwan has not confirmed the visit officially, Reuters on 23rd November reported that the U.S. Navy rear admiral made unannounced visit to Taiwan. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed on Sunday that an American official had arrived in the country but neither the Taiwanese nor the U.S. government has revealed further details. The Pentagon too declined to comment whether Studeman wa...