Another group of US lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Sunday, only 12 days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visited the island, a sign that the US has no plans to ease tensions with Beijing.
The delegation is being led by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA) and is expected to meet with high-level Taiwanese officials, including President Tsai Ing-wen. The delegation also includes House Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, a Republican delegate from American Samoa.
China has yet to comment on the delegation and will likely respond with more military exercises around Taiwan. Since Pelosi visited the island, the first House speaker to do so since 1997, China responded with its largest-ever military exercises around Taiwan, which broke decades-old tacit understandings it had Taiwan about areas Beijing’s military would enter.
Markey didn’t announce his plans to visit Taiwan, which is typical of congressional delegations to the island. Pelosi’s visit was leaked to the press a few weeks ahead of time, giving China time to make clear that it would respond.
Congressional delegations to Taiwan have become more frequent in recent years as Washington increasingly views the island as a way to counter Beijing. To China, the delegations are a provocation because they are a sign that the US is moving away from the one-China policy. Pelosi’s trip was more provocative than other delegations since she is such a high-level official.
And all the little “piggies” form a line to show how brave they are to visit Taiwan.
Fat lot of good that will do.
They have to please their donors.
“little piggies” — I was just groping for that phrase. Fat lot of bad it will do.
DimoRats stoking the fires of war!
Attention seeking narcissists.
The propaganda barrage must be forthcoming like it did before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Got to get the public saturated with why it is China’s fault for being so damn aggressive in their own back yard. There will no comparisons allowed on what the US reaction would be if China were acting similarly in our back yard. But, to us, the other side of the world IS our backyard.
More extremely dangerous election stunts. can these people actually meet with their constituents rather than meeting with Taiwan politicians?
Blinken doesn’t have any choice but to resign as US now has more than 15 Secretaries of State…!