News Snapshot:
A delegation of five US congressmen arrived in Taiwan on Sunday (14) to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen and other local officials. This is the second high-profile group to land on the island in less than 15 days, adding yet another chapter to the ongoing crisis between Washington and Beijing following a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in early August. The de facto US embassy in Taipei said the delegation is being led by Democratic Senator Ed Markey, accompanied by four House lawmakers, and that the stopover is part of a larger trip to the Indo-Pacific region. “The...
