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Taiwan, last April, donated coronavirus masks to the EU (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

EU Parliament to defy China on Taiwan trip

MEPs are going to Taiwan despite Chinese threats of new sanctions over EU contacts with Taipei.

"The INGE Special Committee will go on a mission to Taiwan next week. This is a great opportunity to learn more about best practices to fight Chinese disinformation," Swedish right-wing MEP Charlie Weimers told EUobserver on Thursday (28 October).

The European Parliament [EP] committee was created to study "foreign interference in all democratic processes in the European Union".

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Taiwan, last April, donated coronavirus masks to the EU (Photo: ec.europa.eu)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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