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A delegation from the US Congress in visit to Taiwan in light of tensions with China

A U.S. Congressional delegation arrived in Taiwan today, Sunday, officials said, just days after China conducted military exercises in the vicinity of the island. in response to the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Sunday’s unannounced visit came after Pelosi angered Beijing by visiting Taiwan earlier this month, prompting China to conduct unprecedented air and sea maneuvers that raised the possibility of conflict.

China also reacted angrily to this visit, as the Xinhua news agency published an article titled “American politicians should stop playing with fire on the Taiwan issue.”

The five-member delegation, led by Senator Ed Markey, who represents Massachusetts, will meet with Secretary of State Joseph Wu, the Taiwanese ministry said.

A statement from the American Institute of Taiwan said the delegation will discuss “US-Taiwan relations, regional security, trade and investment, global supply chains, climate change, as well as other important issues of common concern.”

The Taiwanese Foreign Ministry praised the delegation’s visit as another indication of the warming of relations between Taipei and Washington.

In a statement on Sunday, he expressed his “warm welcome” to the delegation.

“In a moment in where China continues to escalate tension in the region, the US Congress has again organized a visit by a high-level delegation to Taiwan, reflecting a friendship that is unafraid of China’s threats and intimidation and underscores strength US support for Taiwan, “he said.

The delegation also includes Democratic representatives John Garamendi, Alan Lowenthal and Don Pierre and Republican representative Omua Amata Coleman Redwagen, according to the institute.

China considers Taiwan to be part of its territory and is committed to restoring it, albeit by force. After Pelosi’s visit, Beijing sent warships, missiles and planes into the waters and airspace around the island for a week.

In a Sunday article about the delegation’s visit, the New China News Agency viewed US lawmakers as mere opportunists as they contemplate their own political interests as November’s mid-term elections approach.

“Those politicians who are playing with fire on the Taiwan issue should give up their wishes,” the agency said.

“There is no room for compromise or concessions when it comes to China’s fundamental interests,” he said.

Beijing strongly condemned the visit by Pelosi, who was the highest elected US official to visit Taiwan in recent decades.

Taiwan accused China of using the visit as a pretext to launch maneuvers that would allow it to prove the invasion.

In turn, he conducted maneuvers to simulate self-defense in the face of a Chinese invasion of his main island. When China ended its drills, he said he would continue patrolling the Taiwan Strait.

And on Sunday, the Taiwanese Ministry of Defense announced that it had sighted 22 Chinese planes and six ships operating in the vicinity of the Taiwan Strait.

Eleven of these planes crossed the middle line, which is the unofficial dividing line between Taiwan and China, which Beijing does not recognize.

China promised earlier this week that it would never tolerate any “separatist activity” in Taiwan and reiterated its threat to seize the self-governed island by force if provoked.

“We are ready to create a large space for peaceful reunification, but we will not leave room for separatist activities of any kind,” the Taiwan Affairs Bureau said Wednesday. in China in a “white paper”.

He added that China “will not give up the use of force and we reserve the right to take all necessary measures”.

But he clarified: “We will not be forced to take drastic measures to respond to the provocations of separatist elements or external forces unless our red lines are crossed.”

China published its latest “white paper” (ie the guide to a complex dossier) on Taiwan in 2000.

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