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TAIPEI, Taiwan — A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation pledged continued support for Taiwan<\/a> on Thursday, days after Congress approved $300 million in military aid for the self-governed island that\u2019s claimed by China<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Congress also approved $400 million on Saturday to counter the Chinese government\u2019s influence in the region, as part of its Defense Appropriations Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province to be brought under its control, by force if necessary. Beijing sends warships and fighter jets near the island daily, as it ramps up its military pressure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The United States, like most nations, doesn\u2019t recognize Taiwan as a country. However, it is bound by U.S. laws to ensure the island can defend itself and considers all threats to Taiwan as a matter of \u201cgrave concern.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The delegation led by Republican Congressman Jack Bergman, who chairs the House Intelligence and Special Operations Subcommittee, sought to reassure Taiwan\u2019s leadership of continued support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe will continue to assure our colleagues that the strategic relationship is key for the future security of the region,\u201d Bergman said during a meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis includes a strong Taiwan maritime strategy and how we can work together on shared goals to counter China on their increasingly aggressive actions in the region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tsai thanked the Biden administration and Congress for helping to bolster Taiwan\u2019s self-defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThis support will continue to strengthen the Taiwan-U.S. partnership,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The delegation also includes Democratic Representatives Donald Norcross and Jimmy Panetta. The lawmakers arrived in Taiwan on Wednesday and are to stay until Friday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ABC News: TAIPEI, Taiwan — A bipartisan U.S. congressional delegation pledged continued support for Taiwan on Thursday, days after Congress approved $300 million in military aid for the self-governed island that\u2019s claimed by China. Congress also approved $400 million on Saturday to counter the Chinese government\u2019s influence in the region, as part of its Defense Appropriations Act. China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province to be brought under its control, by force if necessary. Beijing sends warships and fighter jets near the island daily, as it ramps up its military pressure. The United States, like most nations, doesn\u2019t recognize Taiwan… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38409,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38407\/revisions\/38409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/38408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}