Beijing on April 13 sanctioned U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul in retaliation over his recent visit to Taiwan, claiming that the move had sent a “seriously wrong signal.”
The Texas Republican lawmaker last week led a bipartisan delegation to democratically-ruled Taiwan to discuss strengthening economic and defense ties in the face of growing Chinese aggression in the region. Meeting with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen during the trip, McCaul pledged that the United States would not bow to Chinese threats and that he would help speed up weapon sales and provide training to the Taiwanese military.
“Being here, I think, sends a signal to the Chinese Communist Party that the United States supports Taiwan and that we’re going to harden Taiwan, and we want them to think twice about invading Taiwan,” he said after landing in Taiwan….