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Taiwan president to visit Vatican

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou was due to leave for the Vatican on Sunday to attend the inauguration mass of Pope Francis in a move that has stoked tensions with China.

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou, pictured in Taipei on February 28, 2013. Ma was due to leave for the Vatican on Sunday to attend the inauguration mass of Pope Francis in a move that has stoked tensions with China.

The Vatican is one of the 23 states that recognise Taipei as independent of Beijing and is Taiwan's only diplomatic ally in Europe.

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