House Republicans want the State Department to offer stronger support to Taiwan by inviting them to a key Asian-Pacific summit later this year.
— In a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, 21 House Republicans are calling on the State Department to invite the President of Taiwan to the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.
The GOP lawmakers are taking a step further — urging Blinken to commit to"supporting a free Taiwan" and"strengthen the partnership between our two countries." "It is critical that U.S. leaders continue to affirm our bottom line of supporting a free Taiwan and rejecting China’s provocation and threatening countermeasures to fulfill its 'One-China Policy.'"However, the lawmakers say that excluding Taiwan from APEC"is tantamount to the U.S. asking China for a permission slip to conduct bilateral foreign relations."
A Chinese warship sails during a military drill near the Taiwan-controlled Matsu Islands that are close to the Chinese coast, on April 8. "I would hope the administration would wake up and start getting these weapons [to Taiwan]," House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul R-Texas told Fox News.
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