China’s foreign ministry announced that it had lodged a “stern representation” to the United States over the recent visit to Taiwan by Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb.
“China firmly opposes official U.S. exchanges with the Taiwan region in any form and under any name, and has made serious démarches to the U.S. on Indiana Governor Holcomb’s visit to Taiwan,” the ministry said in a statement released through state-owned media outlet Global Times.
Holcomb’s visit is the third U.S. delegation to Taiwan since a controversial visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) earlier this month.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) claims that Taiwan is a rogue province of China that must be united with the mainland. However, democratic Taiwan has been self-governed since 1949 and has never been controlled by the CCP….