In response to the meeting, Beijing issued a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that it would take “resolute and forceful measures to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.” China issues warning after U.S.-Taiwan meeting:
President of Taiwan and former Chairperson of the Democratic Progressive Party
But the formal trappings of the meeting, and the senior rank of some of the elected officials in the delegation from Congress, could lead China to view it as an escalation. No speaker is known to have met with a Taiwanese president on U.S. soil since theIn response to the meeting, Beijing said in a statement issued early morning by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that it would take “resolute and forceful measures to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
U.S. congressional visits to Taiwan have stepped up in frequency in the past year, and the American Institute in Taipei, the de facto embassy, announced the arrival of another delegation Thursday. House Foreign Affairs Committee head Michael McCaul of Texas is leading a group of eight other lawmakers on a three-day visit to discuss regional security and trade, AIT said.
But she also warned, “It is no secret that today the peace that we have maintained and the democracy which we have worked hard to build are facing unprecedented challenges.” The United States broke off official ties with Taiwan in 1979 and formally established diplomatic relations with the Beijing government. As part of its recognition of China, the U.S. agreed to a “one China" policy under which it acknowledges that Beijing lays claim to Taiwan, but does not endorse China’s claim, and the U.S. remains Taiwan’s key provider of military and defense assistance.
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