The Chinese embassy in Washington warned members of Congress in an email to not meet with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, calling the prospect 'a blatant provocation.'
, sent Tuesday from Li Xiang, the embassy's liaison to Congress, warned of consequences if the meetings between lawmakers and Tsai took place.at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on Wednesday. McCarthy's office did not confirm if he had received the email prior to the meeting."I would like to reiterate that the Chinese side strongly opposes any form of official interaction between the US and Taiwan," the email states.
Li said China's leadership "will most likely take necessary and resolute actions in response to the unwanted situation" and recalled former Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Beijing responded to Pelosi's visit by holding military drills around Taiwan, fired a missile over the island and cut off communication with Washington.
China views Taiwan, a self-governing island, as part of its territory and rejects any gesture that treats it as an independent nation, while the U.S. neither rejects nor accepts Beijing's claims over Taiwan.Rep. Ashley Hinson , a member of the House Select Committee on China, told Axios in a statement that she received the email on Tuesday and called it "a pathetic threat from the CCP.
"We will relentlessly stand up for freedom and with Taiwan, and we are never going to cower," Hinson said in the statement. "My message back to them is this: I look forward to meeting with President Tsai and reaffirming our commitment to Taiwan and freedom-loving nations everywhere."
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