Mr. Lai’s comments were his first direct response to the summit last week in Beijing between U.S. President Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping that raised concerns in democratically governed Taiwan about U.S. backing for the island
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The attacks — and Iran’s chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz — have more than halved the Emirates’ exports of crude oil and natural gas. Its tourism and conference sectors have also suffered




