{"id":1059496,"date":"2021-11-27T11:58:33","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T16:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1059496"},"modified":"2021-11-27T11:58:36","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T16:58:36","slug":"members-of-congress-meet-with-taiwans-president-despite-warnings-from-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/members-of-congress-meet-with-taiwans-president-despite-warnings-from-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Members Of Congress Meet With Taiwan\u2019s President Despite Warnings From China"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmembers-of-congress-meet-with-taiwans-president-despite-warnings-from-china%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1059496&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>A bipartisan group of five members of Congress went to Taiwan to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen after serving food to U.S. troops on Thanksgiving, defying orders from China.<\/p>\n<p>Members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/u-s-lawmakers-defy-china-meeting-officials-taiwan-n1284606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">including<\/a> Chairman and Democratic California Rep. Mark Takano, Democratic Texas Rep. Colin Allred, Republican South Carolina Rep. Nancy Mace, Democratic California Rep. Sara Jacobs and Democratic Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin, served lunch to troops stationed in South Korea and threw a football around with them Thursday before heading to Taiwan.<\/p>\n<p>Since, the group has met with Ing-wen, who released a statement after their meeting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTaiwan will continue to step up cooperation with the United States in order to uphold our shared values of freedom and democracy and to ensure peace and stability in the region,\u201d Ing-wen said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Both Mace and Slotkin said previously that China had warned them not to go to Taiwan. Mace said China\u2019s embassy demanded they cancel their trip.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen News broke of our visit to Taiwan, China\u2019s embassy demanded we cancel the trip (we didn\u2019t). We\u2019ve had a productive and meaningful visit throughout the Indo-Pacific region as the first bipartisan US House delegation since the start of COVID. This is just the start,\u201d Mace tweeted Friday. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/11\/25\/members-congress-thanksgiving-serving-food-us-troops-south-korea-taiwan-china-nancy-mace-elissa-slotkin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Members Of Congress Spend Thanksgiving Serving Food To US Troops In South Korea, Then Head To Taiwan)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"12.328267477204\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When News broke of our visit to Taiwan, China\u2019s embassy demanded we cancel the trip (we didn\u2019t).<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve had a productive and meaningful visit throughout the Indo-Pacific region as the first bipartisan US House delegation since the start of COVID.<\/p>\n<p>This is just the start.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Nancy Mace (@RepNancyMace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepNancyMace\/status\/1464044900199002114?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Slotkin said her office \u201creceived a blunt message\u201d from the Chinese Embassy, telling her to call off the trip. She said the auto industry\u2019s largest supplier of microchips is in Taiwan and that they will be focusing on supply chain issues while there. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/10\/28\/taiwan-china-us-troops-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Taiwan Confirms US Troops Are On The Island, China Responds In Anger)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"11.303754266212\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">After celebrating Thanksgiving with U.S. troops in Korea, I just touched down in Taiwan. After stops in Japan and Korea, it\u2019ll be good to connect with leaders here to discuss a whole host of economic and national security issues. (1\/3)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSlotkin\/status\/1463878185314050051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"10.214285714286\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">But just as with other stops, we\u2019re here to learn about the region and reaffirm the U.S. commitment to our hosts, the Taiwanese. I\u2019m looking forward to an informative trip. (3\/3)<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Elissa Slotkin (@RepSlotkin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepSlotkin\/status\/1463878187822338058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This was the third visit by U.S. lawmakers to Taiwan in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bipartisan group of five members of Congress went to Taiwan to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen after serving food to U.S. troops on Thanksgiving, defying orders from China.Members of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1059496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1059496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1059496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1059496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1059496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1059496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}