Taiwan is driving China-U.S. tensions. Meet the person right in the middle
Chinese leader Xi Jinping called Taiwan the "most important" and "most sensitive" issue driving U.S.-China tensions. Sandra Oudkirk is trying to navigate that tricky terrain.
When President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met at the APEC summit this November, one of the top agenda items was Taiwan, an island China claims as its own. Xi called Taiwan the "most important" and "most sensitive" issue driving U.S.-China tensions.
The top U.S. representative in Taiwan, Sandra Oudkirk, is trying to navigate that tricky terrain.
Oudkirk became the director of the — the U.S. office in Taipei — in July 2021.
