TAIPEI (March 5): The United States will "redouble" its efforts to ensure Taiwan's participation on the global stage, a senior US official told President Tsai Ing-wen on Thursday, amid Chinese efforts to prevent the island from having any international footprint.

China says Taiwan is a Chinese province and that only Beijing has the right to represent Taiwan's 23 million people in international bodies like the World Health Organization (WHO), unless the island accepts it is part of China.