TAIPEI, May 13 (Reuters) - Taiwan's ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) nominated lawmaker Puma Shen on Wednesday as its candidate for Taipei mayor, a man who has been sanctioned by China for what Beijing has described as his support for "separatism".

But Beijing began blocking Taiwan's participation ​in 2017, after then-President Tsai Ing-wen won office, for her refusal to agree ⁠to ⁠China's position that both China ⁠and ​Taiwan are part of "one China". Current President Lai Ching-te has continued Tsai's policy.

Taiwanese officials fear even the most subtle rhetorical change in policy from Trump could imperil a delicate status quo that has held for decades.

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“CBS Evening News” anchor Tony Dokoupil is broadcasting from Taipei, Taiwan, this week — after the network failed to obtain a visa for Beijing where President Trump is meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping,

Taiwan would show the world it can contribute to global health and excluding the nation from the WHO is a loss for the organization and the world, the deputy ministers of the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) said yesterday.

Coming Xi-Trump summit has triggered renewed anxiety in Taiwan about becoming a bargaining chip in broader negotiations Taiwan staged a large-scale live-fire drill on a frontline island near mainland China on Wednesday,

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