Republican Congressman Mike McCall said Chinese officials should not take US politicians’ visits to Taiwan negatively as it complies with existing agreements between Washington and Taipei. transmits Fox News. According to him, Beijing imposed sanctions on him for visiting the disputed island, but received them as a “token of honour”.
“The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act allows us to visit President Tsai. [Инвэнь] or any Taiwanese president. Coming to the United States and for some reason they are all going crazy about it, I have been banned from all my travels and cannot do any business in China or work in relation to any person from the People’s Republic of China. Frankly, I see it as a badge of honor,” McCall said.
As the US congressman noted, before his trip to Taiwan, he and other US politicians faced an email alert from the PRC. He also added that during the trip, China allegedly showed aggression.
“In the few days we were there, the island was surrounded and threatened by ten warships, an aircraft carrier and 70 Chinese fighters in the air. They briefed me on this in a secret area, they said you were surrounded. “I perceived this more as an intimidation than a direct threat to my personal security,” McCall said.
It was previously reported that China. introduced Sanctions McCall for traveling to Taiwan. As noted, Beijing accused the US congressman of meddling in the country’s internal affairs.