Tag: Marsha Blackburn

US Senator Marsha Blackburn's Taiwan visit has heightened Sino-US bi-lateral tensions. Blackburn met President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday. It is the second visit by members of US Congress since House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip earlier this month. It has raised tensions with China across the Taiwan strait. She arrived in Taipei on a U.S. military aircraft and was welcomed by Douglas Hsu, Director General of Taiwan's Foreign Affairs Ministry. The visit and Blackburn’s remarks Senator Marsha Blackburn's Taiwan visit, heightened tensions because of China's threats to acquire Taiwan as its integral territory. Taiwan is considered as US’s strongest partner in the Indo-Pacific. These regular high-level visits to Taipei are long-standing U.S. policy according to Blackburn’s statement. She also ...