WASHINGTON—The Biden administration invited Taiwan to accumulate half in a meeting of democracies, further bucking Beijing’s lengthy-pressed campaign to isolate the island diplomatically and making an strive out a recent lessening of U.S.-China tensions.
The inaugural Summit for Democracy, a virtual gathering scheduled for Dec. 9 and 10, targets to elevate collectively more than 100 democratic governments and excludes China, Russia and another countries with authoritarian leaders. By consuming Taiwan, the Biden administration is broadening an effort to embrace the island in global forums, raising its profile as a bulwark against intimidation by Beijing, which claims Taiwan as its territory.
