TAIPEI: A group of Swiss lawmakers met with Taiwan's leader and said on Monday their government wanted to deepen political relations, adding to shows of support by foreign politicians for the self-ruled island democracy in the face of Chinese intimidation.
United States legislators, including then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi, have irked Beijing by visiting Taiwan, which China's ruling Communist Party claims as part of its territory. The government of Chinese President Xi Jinping has responded by flying fighter jets and bombers near the island of 22 million people and firing missiles into the sea.
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