6 American congressmen and congressmen ended their three-day trip to Taiwan and left the country from Taipei Taoyuan Airport on the evening of the 11th. During their stay in Taiwan, in addition to meeting Tsai Ing-wen and others, they also entered the Taiwan defense department for the first time to listen to the so-called briefing, which aroused high attention from the outside world.
After the U.S. Senate proposed two Taiwan-related bills at the beginning of the month, US federal Senator Corning and others arrived in Taiwan on military planes on the evening of the 9th. In addition to meeting Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwan Security Committee Secretary-General Gu Lixiong and others, they also entered the Taiwan defense department for the first time to listen to the so-called briefing. The relevant itinerary is highly confidential, and Taiwan’s foreign affairs department has also been unpredictable and low-key, which has attracted attention from the outside world.
Since Corning and others are the sponsors of the US Senate's Taiwan-related bill and are also an important driving force behind the US Congress's launch of the US $8 billion F-16 fighter jet bill in 2019, some Taiwanese media speculated that this visit may touch on the topic of arms sales, but the Taiwan defense department only said "no comments or explanations." html On the 211th, the U.S. Congressman and Representatives took a plane to leave Taiwan after visiting the "TSMC" located in Hsinchu Science and Technology Park.
Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson Zhu Fenglian also said at the press conference on the 10th that we firmly oppose any form of official exchanges and military contacts between the United States and Taiwan. urges some U.S. congressmen to abide by the three joint communiqués of , and , and do not send wrong signals to the "Taiwan independence" forces, otherwise it will only cause further damage to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.
column editor: Zhang Wu Text editor: Cheng Pei Title picture source: Xinhua News Agency Photo editor: Xu Jiamin
Source: Author: CCTV Chinese International
