TAIWAN APPOINTS ACER FOUNDER AS APEC ENVOY, CALLS FOR WRITTEN GUARANTEES FROM CHINA

Taiwan said on ​Wednesday that Stan Shih, founder of computer maker Acer, would attend next week's APEC summit ‌in China as the government's envoy, and called for Beijing's written assurance that Taiwan would be able to participate on an equal footing.

The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation grouping is one of the few international bodies that include Taiwan, which China claims as ​its own territory. China is this year's host, with the leaders' summit next week in the ​southern city of Shenzhen.

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