TAIPEI: US Sen. Marsha Blackburn landed in Taiwan late Thursday, the fourth visit by an American politician this month and a move bound to rile Beijing, which has staged huge military drills to protest such trips.
PROVOKING CHINA This handout picture taken and released by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, shows US Sen. Marsha Blackburn (left) being greeted by a Taiwanese official upon her arrival at the Sungshan Airport in Taipei. MOFA/AFP PHOTO
TAIPEI: US Sen. Marsha Blackburn landed in Taiwan late Thursday, the fourth visit by an American politician this month and a move bound to rile Beijing, which has staged huge military drills to protest such trips.