Five U.S. lawmakers visited Taiwan on a military aircraft for the third time

Members of the US House of Representatives arrived in Taiwan on the night of the 25th on a military aircraft.

This is the third time that US lawmakers have visited Taiwan on a military aircraft, and the momentum is likely to normalize China's backlash.

Five bipartisan members, including Representative Takano of the US House of Representatives, visited Taiwan.

On the night of the 25th, lawmakers arrived at the airport in Taipei on a US military aircraft from the previously visited South Korea.

According to the announcement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Taiwan, the members of the Diet will stay until the 26th and will exchange opinions with officials on the relationship between Taiwan and the United States and the security of the region.

Major Taiwanese media reports that President Tsai Ing-wen will also meet with lawmakers.

Another delegation of the U.S. Parliament just visited Taiwan from the 9th to the 11th of this month, and the Taiwanese Presidential Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, "The House of Representatives and the ruling and opposition parties of the U.S. Parliament are united to strengthen relations between Taiwan and the United States. It's a sign of strong support. "

China, which claims that "Taiwan is part of China," strongly opposes the US's political exchanges with Taiwan and the use of Taiwan's airports by U.S. military aircraft. This is my third visit, and the momentum is likely to normalize China's backlash.

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs "expresses strong dissatisfaction and decisive opposition"

Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said at a press conference on the 26th that the U.S. parliamentarians had visited Taiwan on a military aircraft, saying that they "expressed strong dissatisfaction and decisive opposition" and made a strict offer to the U.S. side. Revealed that he went.

He urged the United States to adhere to the "One China" principle, immediately stop all forms of public traffic with Taiwan, and deal carefully with issues related to Taiwan.