
The U.S. is donating 750,000 COVID-19 shots to Taiwan, a trio of senators said Sunday, filling in the lines of President Biden’s export plans and sending a clear message to China.
Rep. Dan Sullivan, Alaska Republican, and Democratic Sens. Chris Coons of Delaware and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois announced the gift during a trip to the Asian island nation.
They met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and Defense Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng to discuss the pandemic and Taiwan’s security needs in the face of aggression from Beijing, which considers the island a breakaway territory instead of an autonomous nation.