The Pentagon's top China official, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Michael Chase, has arrived in Taiwan for a visit, the Financial Times reported on Friday citing a source, on a trip that could exacerbate tension between Beijing and Washington.
Taiwan's defence and foreign ministries did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and neither did the Pentagon.
Speaking earlier on Friday, Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said he was "not very certain" about a report that the trip would take place."But so far it is not very certain," he told reporters on the sidelines of a parliament session.Chase would be the most senior U.S. defence official to visit the island since 2019.of what it called a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina this month. China says the balloon was for monitoring weather.
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