{"id":1605667,"date":"2022-08-14T14:32:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-14T18:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1605667"},"modified":"2022-08-14T14:32:39","modified_gmt":"2022-08-14T18:32:39","slug":"u-s-lawmakers-make-unannounced-taiwan-visit-following-pelosis-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-lawmakers-make-unannounced-taiwan-visit-following-pelosis-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Lawmakers Make Unannounced Taiwan Visit Following Pelosi\u2019s Trip"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/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%2Fu-s-lawmakers-make-unannounced-taiwan-visit-following-pelosis-trip%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=1605667&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--><p>A group of five American lawmakers landed in Taiwan on Sunday in an unannounced visit just days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) set off controversy with China following her trip to the self-ruled island.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations East Asia, Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Subcommittee, served as the leader of the surprise delegation.<\/p>\n<p>The other four members included Reps. John Garamendi (D-CA), Alan Lowenthal (D-CA), and Don Beyer (D-VA), along with Republican Rep. Amata Radewagen of American Samoa.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: The U.S. delegation\u2019s flight landed in Taipei at 18:53 local time. AIT has confirmed that Senator <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EdMarkey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EdMarkey<\/a> lead a congressional delegation (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepLowenthal?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepLowenthal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DonBeyerVA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DonBeyerVA<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAmata?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepAmata<\/a>) to Taiwan from Aug 14-15, as part of a larger visit to the Indo-Pacific region.\u00a01\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gXfbTZMgjZ\">pic.twitter.com\/gXfbTZMgjZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tingting Liu \u5289\u4ead\u5ef7 (@tingtingliuTVBS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tingtingliuTVBS\/status\/1558779053389524993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The visit came following Markey\u2019s visit to South Korea to reaffirm the U.S.-South Korean Alliance. Markey met with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and other national leaders earlier Sunday in South Korea before arriving in Taiwan on a separate flight to join the other U.S. lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S.-South Korea alliance is based on shared values and interests \u2013 from nuclear disarmament to the fight against climate change, and our commitment to this important relationship is stronger than ever,\u201d Markey said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markey.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/senator-markey-visits-south-korea-meets-with-president-yoon-to-reaffirm-us-south-korean-alliance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough my meetings with President Yoon and other senior government officials, it was evident that our two countries are prepared to meet existential and pressing global challenges head-on. The size, diversity, and lethality of North Korea\u2019s weapons continues to grow, as does its threat to our allies in the region. In my meetings and my visit to the DMZ, we discussed how to continue multilateral pressure and diplomatic efforts to reach a solution that ensures the American people and our allies are safe from a nuclear Kim regime,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The American delegation to Taiwan comes just 12 days after Pelosi\u2019s controversial stop on the island. Chinese officials pushed back with threats ahead of the visit, and with military tests occurring near Taiwan after her departure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy,\u201d Pelosi\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2022\/08\/03\/world\/pelosi-visit-taiwan-china\">said<\/a> during her visit with Taiwan\u2019s president. \u201cAmerica\u2019s determination to preserve democracy here in Taiwan and around the world remains ironclad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/taiwan-scrambles-air-reconnaissance-patrol-forces-after-china-simulates-invasion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, Taiwan\u2019s government scrambled its air reconnaissance patrol forces and ships after the Chinese government simulated an island invasion on Saturday as part of its fourth straight day of military training.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/beijing-simulates-attack-on-taiwan-as-chinese-exercises-extend-into-third-day-11659784913?mod=hp_lead_pos1\">reported<\/a> that the Taiwan government detected 14 Chinese ships and 20 planes in the Taiwan Strait. Fourteen of those planes crossed the median line toward the island of Taiwan, which sent the country\u2019s military into action.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-concerned-about-chinas-reaction-to-pelosi-taiwan-trip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">addressed<\/a> the retaliation on August 8 while visiting victims of recent floods in eastern Kentucky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not worried but I\u2019m concerned that they\u2019re moving as much as they are,\u201d said Biden. \u201cBut I don\u2019t think they\u2019re going to do anything more than they are.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of five American lawmakers landed in Taiwan on Sunday in an unannounced visit just days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) set off controversy with China following her trip to the self-ruled island. Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations East Asia, Pacific, and International Cybersecurity Subcommittee, served as the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1605686,"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-1605667","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\/1605667","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1605667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1605667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1605686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1605667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1605667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1605667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}