China-US Relations: US Congressman Visits Taiwan for the Second Time in the Month, Beijing Re-approves Taiwan’s “Dead End” for its Foreign Self-Reliance-

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When five U.S. congressmen began to visit Taiwan on November 25, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army once again conducted combat readiness police patrols in the Taiwan Strait. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China also criticized the Taiwanese government for attempting to hold foreigners’ self-respect, and “destined to be a dead end.” Zhao Lijian said: “Taiwan is a sacred and inseparable part of Chinese territory, and it is by no means a card of international relations. We advise some people in the United States not to play the’Taiwan card’, because this is a stinky card, a dead card, and it...