U.S. Lawmaker Defies ‘Blunt’ China Demand With Taiwan Trip
- Elissa Slotkin pledges to reaffirm U.S. support for Taiwanese
- Beijing held military drills last time U.S. lawmakers visited
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A U.S. lawmaker defied what she says was a stern demand from China that she abandon a trip to Taiwan, a move that risks escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing.
“When news of our trip broke yesterday, my office received a blunt message from the Chinese Embassy, telling me to call off the trip,” Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, wrote on Twitter shortly after landing in Taiwan late Thursday as part of a trip that that also includes Japan and South Korea.