U.S. Lawmakers’ Visit to Taiwan Tests Detente With China
- Members of Congress arrived on a U.S. military plane: Pentagon
- A Chinese newspaper called the lawmakers as ‘sneaky as rats’
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A group of American lawmakers visited Taiwan, arriving on a U.S. military plane, in a move likely to further inflame tensions between Washington and Beijing over the status of the self-governing island.
The trip was confirmed by Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, who told reporters Tuesday that the congressional delegation was transported via military aircraft and said that’s “not uncommon” for such travel. Apple Daily in Taiwan reported earlier Tuesday that senators and House members flew on a U.S. Navy C-40A jet and landed at Taipei’s Songshan Airport at 6 p.m. local time.