United States Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Thursday became the latest member of Congress to visit Taiwan defying pressure from Beijing, saying, 'I will not be bullied by Communist China into turning my back on the island'
United States Sen. Marsha Blackburn on Thursday became the latest member of Congress to visit Taiwan defying pressure from Beijing, saying,"I will not be bullied by Communist China into turning my back on the island."
The trip by Blackburn, a Tennessee Republican who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, follows a number of recent visits by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other US officials. "Taiwan is our strongest partner in the Indo-Pacific Region. Regular high-level visits to Taipei are long-standing US policy," Blackburn said in a statement Thursday.
Related video: Breakdown in US-China relations a 'manufactured crisis,' US ambassador says 03:00The US senator will also meet the Secretary-General of the National Security Council Wellington Koo and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu during her three-day visit, Taiwan's Foreign Ministry said.
Related video: Beijing is mad about Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. But now some Chinese are thanking her 02:40Gladys Tsai in Taipei and Alex Stambaugh in Hong Kong contributed to this report.
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