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Media Report: US Health Chief to Visit Taiwan

Reuters

   TAIPEI - U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar will
   travel to Taiwan in coming days, theWall Street Journalreported
   Wednesday, the first U.S. Cabinet official to visit the Chinese-claimed
   island in six years, a move likely to anger Beijing.

   Taiwan's official Central News Agency said it would be the
   highest-level visit made by a U.S. Cabinet official since Washington
   broke formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 1979.

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