Another American politician visited Taiwan.
A Republican senator who is a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee visited Taiwan.
Despite China’s warnings about Western officials visiting Taiwan, another senior American politician has arrived on the island.
Marsha Blackburn, the Republican representative of the state of Tennessee in the Senate, who is a member of the Armed Forces Committee of this House, arrived on the island of Taiwan in the late hours of Thursday (local time).
“Douglas Utien Su, director general of Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, welcomed this senator.” “I just landed in Taiwan to send a message to Beijing: We will not be intimidated,” the US senator wrote on Twitter after his arrival.
He went on to write: “The United States is steadfast in protecting freedoms around the world and will not tolerate attempts to undermine the country and its allies.”
Blackburn is the second American politician to visit the island after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial trip to Taiwan earlier this month.
After Pelosi’s visit, China, which considers Taiwan a part of its country, has held massive military exercises at sea and in the air. China has not ruled out the possibility of resorting to military force to regain control of Taiwan and describes the visit of Western officials to the island as interference in its internal affairs.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Blackburn will meet with Taiwan’s president and foreign minister on Friday morning. The statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs states: “The two sides will exchange views on issues such as economic and trade relations between Taiwan and the United States.”