US lawmakers' sneaky visit to Taiwan may aim at agricultural, military interests


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Illustration: Liu Rui/GT A C-40A Clipper military transport plane, which carried six US senators and congressmen, took off from Manila and landed at Songshan Air Force Base in Taipei on Tuesday. These US lawmakers made a sudden and sneaky visit to the island of Taiwan, without announcing their specific schedule. Both the US and the Taiwan authorities tried to keep it a secret about who these lawmakers are. While the South China Morning Post quoted "two sources familiar with trip" to confirm that the delegation includes six lawmakers, five of whom are Republican senators John Cornyn of Texas, Tommy Tuberville...