US Senate Visits Taiwan

[taiwan_girl]

The US Senate visited Taiwan. They were on a trip from Australia and stopped in Taiwan.

They were supposed to meet face to face with the President of Taiwan, but she is currently quarantined, so they met in a video call.

They flew on a US Air Force plane, so obviously, the trip was backed by the US government/president.

[Mik]

All of ‘em?

[taiwan_girl]

@Mik In the picture above? I think it was all of them, but am not sure.

[Copper]

The Thread Title sounds like maybe the entire Senate (100 people) went

The picture shows about a dozen people

And if they went in that airplane they were carrying something big, not just a dozen people.

[Mik]

Perhaps we are not waiting to arm them to the teeth this time.

[Mik]

@taiwan_girl said in US Senate Visits Taiwan:

@Mik In the picture above? I think it was all of them, but am not sure.

It was just a joke, TG.

[Axtremus]

Only six U.S. lawmakers visited Taiwan this time.

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/six-us-lawmakers-arrive-taiwan-unannounced-trip-2022-04-14/

They were reportedly lead by Sen. Menandez (D-NJ). I have not been able to find a complete list of all the US lawmakers who visited.

[Mik]

But they were there with a purpose not unrelated to what I suggested.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/other/u-s-senator-warns-china-will-pay-bigger-price-for-bullying-taiwan/ar-AAWeQXY?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=53bb1761af194478bea3482079ba4fa4

[taiwan_girl]

@Mik 555 You are correct. I was a bit confusing. I should have made the title plural. LOL

@Copper My apology. I posted the wrong picture. It was from a June 2021 visit by some US representatives.

MOFA has sent out a picture of the current arrivals.

But, they still did use a US government plane.

Arrivals were
US Senator Lindsey Graham
US Senater Robert Menendez
US Senater Richard Burr
US Senater Ben Sasse
US Senater Rob Portman
US Representative Ronny Jackson

They were met at the airport by Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Wu (吳釗燮)