The team, led by Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts, is expected to meet with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen and Secretary of State Joseph Wu.
Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry warmly welcomed the delegation, saying it would discuss issues of foreign affairs and security and trade of Taiwan’s parliament with the National Defense Committee, and the US’s “strong support for Taiwan in the face of escalating tensions”. “Thank you for showing up. Beijing.
The delegation also includes Democratic Reps John Garamendi, Alan Lowenthal and Don Baer, and Republican Rep. Omua Amata Coleman Radewagen.
Although teams of US lawmakers have visited Taiwan without attracting much public from China, Pelosi’s high-profile visit triggered a ballistic backlash from Beijing, making it difficult to understand the independence the US Congress often exercises from the executive. does.
While the scuttlebutt in Washington is that Pelosi defied Biden Administration visiting Taiwan, suspects China white House Deliberately creating tensions in the region, even as some US analysts argue that the issue has become powder due to Beijing’s growing assertiveness.
In fact, some stalwarts of US-China relations are advising both sides to maintain the status quo and take precautions to prevent a rapid deterioration in ties.
“The policy taken by both sides has allowed Taiwan to progress as an autonomous democratic entity and maintain peace between China and the US for 50 years. Therefore, one must be very careful in measures that alter the infrastructure, “American strategic guru Henry Kissinger, who, along with then-President Richard Nixon, pioneered Washington’s access to Communist China, told the Wall Street Journal this week.
But lawmakers and former officials on both Democratic and Republican sides are pushing the argument that Washington should not blink in the face of China’s belligerence, lest it encourage Beijing to take a leaf out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Do it and inspire America to lead it. Predominance in the Indo-Pacific region.
“Taiwan is an independent and sovereign country. It doesn’t belong to China. Need proof? I’ve been banned from China because I hold the CCP responsible for its actions. Still, I walked freely on Taiwanese soil.” , and I was warmly welcomed by both the people and the government,” former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a Republican widely seen for his presidential ambitions, said on Sunday, virtually echoing Washington’s one-China policy. which does not recognize Taiwan as an independent country.