Mike Gallagher, Chairman of the special committee on the Chinese Communist Party in the House of Representatives of the American Congress, together with a delegation of lawmakers, is going to visit Taiwan on February 21.

Info comes via the Financial Times, gated.

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Back in 2022, when then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan China responded very aggressively

  • it fired missiles at the tiny island nation
  • conducted military drills around Taiwan with the a risk of disruption to commerce (supply chain issues)
  • cut off communications between the US and Chinese militaries

From the time:

We'll have to wait and see if Galagher's visit draws a similar response.

china missile taiwan august 2022

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