China belittles U.K. minister's trade visit to Taiwan

Taipei aims to gain support by expanding diplomacy with trade partners

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Greg Hands speaks at the presidential building in Taipei on Nov. 9. He said, "Like the U.K., Taiwan is a champion of free and fair trade underpinned by a rules-based global trading system." © Reuters

THOMPSON CHAU, Contributing writer

TAIPEI -- A British trade minister has underscored the U.K.'s warming relations with Taiwan by paying an official visit to the island democracy -- and incurred China's wrath in the process.

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