US delegation arrived for talks with Tsai Ing-wen, less than two weeks after US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei
United States lawmakers were set to meet Taiwan’s president days after China reacted to a similar visit by the US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, with huge military drills that raised fears of conflict.
Their visit would focus on trade, regional security and climate change, Washington’s de facto embassy in Taipei said.Taiwan’s foreign ministry hailed the visit as another sign of a friendship between Taipei and Washington “that is not afraid of China’s threats and intimidation”. It called the visiting American lawmakers opportunists thinking about their own political interests as November’s midterm elections draw near.
That decades-old threat was reiterated in a white paper published last week when China’s Taiwan Affairs Office said it would “not renounce the use of force” against its neighbour and reserved “the option of taking all necessary measures”. Congress is constitutionally an equal branch of government with lawmakers free to travel where they wish, and Taiwan enjoys bipartisan backing in divided Washington.But it remains a key ally of Taiwan and maintains de facto diplomatic relations with Taipei.
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