In a recent interview for CBS News, Taiwan’s representative to the United States Bi-khim Hsiao criticized China’s response to U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island nation.
The Chinese foreign ministry had warned that Pelosi’s visit would lead to “serious consequences” and that “those who play with fire will perish by it.”
But Hsiao pointed out that U.S. congressional visits to Taiwan are not a new phenomenon.
“The Beijing government is currently trying to manufacture a crisis over a practice that has been ongoing for decades, and they are using this as a pretext,” Hsiao said….