GOP Pennsylvania Rep. Guy Reschenthaler said in a statement Thursday that he is not intimidated after receiving a letter from the Chinese Embassy discouraging a Taiwan trip.
said he is"not intimidated" after receiving a letter from the Chinese Embassy in Washington that warned against his involvement in a bipartisan congressional trip to self-ruled Taiwan.
The letter from Li Xiang, the counselor of the congressional and sub-national affair section of the Chinese Embassy, said Reschenthaler's decision would"seriously violate the one-China principle, the provisions of the three Sino-U.S. joint communique, severely interfere with China's domestic affairs and send a wrong signal to the separatist forces in Taiwan."
"Former Speaker Pelosi's visit to Taiwan last year triggered a serious crisis in the China-U.S. relationship, and the lessons should be learned," Li said.
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