China Panics in Email Over U.S. Delegation’s Trip to Taiwan

Beijing is already enraged over the latest American Congressional delegation to visit Taiwan, The Daily Beast has learned.

China sent a letter at the conclusion of a Congressional trip to Taiwan to Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) to express “serious concern” about the visit, which he made alongside Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), and Jonathan Jackson (D-IL).

“It was reported that Congressman Jake Auchincloss recently visited Taiwan and met with Tsai Ing-wen, Lai Ching-te and other high-level officials in Taiwan,” the letter, the text of which Auchincloss shared with The Daily Beast, states, referring to Tsai Ing-wen, the president of Taiwan, and Vice President Lai Ching-te. “I am writing to express serious concern on behalf of the Chinese Embassy in Washington DC.”

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