A group of US lawmakers held a rarely disclosed meeting with the Taiwan’s top defense officer, a discussion that puts China at risk to increase its military threats of democracy.
Taiwan’s military news agency reported that a delegation led by AMI Bera, a Democratic representative from California, met with Defense Minister Wellington Ku on Tuesday.
Ku said that Taiwan was a reliable partner for America and committed to strengthening his defensive abilities, stated in the report on Wednesday. US President Donald Trump suggested that Taipei increased his military expenses.
The meeting recently states that Beijing is likely to be experienced as stimulants. On Tuesday, Beijing returned to Taiwan to join a one -year American campaign to reduce China’s technological climb, when he recently blacklisted the country’s AI and chipmaking champion.
And Bera and other MPs met President Lai Ching-Tee on Monday. While such meetings are quite common for American MPs, they still ange Beijing as it opposes nations that have relationships with Taiwan with official contact.
China will also note that Taiwan’s military officials had last week participated in a major American military base in Alaska. In addition, last week, retired military officials from Taiwan, Japan and America allegedly participated in a fake “tabletop exercise” in Taipei.
A new round of Chinese exercises around Taiwan could not be rejected soon, a government affiliated think tank institute for National Defense and Security Research located in Taipei, “said Lynn Po-Chau said Lynn Po-Chau said.
He said, “China may enhance Taiwan’s existing provocation, or express dissatisfaction through promotion war or comment in official media outlets.”
China sees the archipelago of 23 million people as an area that should eventually come under its control, expected by peaceful means but by force if necessary. The People’s Liberation Army has practiced an unprecedented amount around Taiwan as Lai took over a little more than a year ago. It has also flexed its Navy around Japan and Australia.
The latest developments come as China-US tension after trade talks in London last week. Taipei is also discussing with Washington to avoid being a hit with duties.
While the previous American delegations are likely to have meetings with Taiwan’s defense ministers, they are usually not publicly disclosed. In 2021, a group visited the Ministry of Defense in Taipei and informed on China’s military threats. The report of that time did not reveal what Taiwan’s military officials met the MPs.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Defense on Wednesday did not respond to the request of the comment on Wednesday.
Jack Chen, director of the Formosa Defense Vision, a advocacy group, said the meeting between Ku and American visitors “showed that military exchanges and cooperation between the US and Taiwan is becoming increasingly high profile and transparent, aligning with a long-term trend that started under the biden administration and the trump administration has continued.”
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