Five U.S. lawmakers, including Senator Ed Markey (D-Massachusetts), landed in Taiwan to discuss easing tensions early Sunday morning in Taiwan Strait, the sea between Taiwan and China and possible investments in semiconductors. The visit took place 12 days after the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the country, which caused a stir. series of Chinese military drills around the island. In October 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping stated that reunification with an independent nation “must be realized”, according to BBC. China rejects any involvement of Taiwan with foreign governments, and a visit on August 2 with Pelosi prompted series of missiles, warships and military aircraft into Taiwan for days after it arrival. “China has overreacted, and its actions continue to be provocative, destabilizing and unprecedented,” said Deputy Assistant to the President Kurt Campbell. in at a White House press briefing on August 12, adding that the US will continue to hold “standard air and maritime transit through the Taiwan Strait in in next few weeks.”
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