Congress Passes Ukraine Bill With Support for Taiwan-China’s Response

China has reprimanded the U.S. over a $95 billion aid package containing military assistance for Taiwan in addition to Ukraine and Israel. The Chinese embassy in the U.S. told Newsweek the bill, passed Tuesday by the Senate in a 79-18 vote, violates standing agreements between the two countries and “sends a wrong signal to the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatists.” China considers Taiwan to be a rogue province and maintains unification is inevitable, though the Chinese Communist Party has never had a presence there. Beijing has ratcheted up military, economic, and diplomatic pressure since Taiwan voted the China-skeptic Democratic Progressive Party into…