The US is playing a two-faced strategy on Taiwan.
Reuters cited three sources, stating that U.S. Republican Senator Roger Wicker, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, will lead a congressional delegation to visit Taiwan in August. Previously, this media had reported that "the Trump administration refused to allow Lai Ching-te's 'transit' in New York," and that the U.S. canceled an arrangement for a meeting between the U.S. defense department officials and Kuo Li-hsiung in June.
Consecutive "blows" have thrown the Lai administration into chaos, prompting it to urgently seek support from anti-China politicians. At this time, the release of information about a senior Republican congressman's visit to Taiwan is a typical U.S. tactic: on one hand, it exerts pressure on the Taiwan authorities by restricting interactions, and on the other hand, it conducts visits to test China's bottom line, attempting to find a balance between "supporting Taiwan" and "controlling Taiwan." This kind of speculative operation essentially uses Taiwan as a pawn to contain China, and only exacerbates the instability in the Taiwan Strait.
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