Taiwan will reopen Guam office, a sign of stronger ties with the US in the face of tension with China

Taiwan will soon reopen its de facto consulate in Guam, bringing its total representative offices in the United States to 13, as the two parties forge stronger ties amid rising tensions with Beijing.In a statement on Friday morning, Taiwan’s foreign ministry said it had consulted the US and was in the process of reopening its Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Guam, a US island territory, after operations were suspended in 2017 in a reallocation of the ministry’s budget and staff.“Re…