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Taiwanese Vice President William Lai took off for a sensitive journey to the US on Saturday, in a move that has raised fears it could spur more Chinese military drills near the democratically-governed island.
Lai is expected to stop in New York and San Francisco before continuing the trip to Paraguay. The Latin American nation is one of only a handful of countries that still maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
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