WASHINGTON — Despite heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing over the recent spy balloon downing , a U.S. congressional delegation led by California Rep. Ro Khanna plans to visit Taiwan this weekend, a move sure to be seen by China as a provocation.
Khanna, a Democrat, and a group of Democratic and Republican lawmakers were headed to Taiwan Friday night, aides familiar with planning for the trip told the Los Angeles Times. They plan to meet with the president of Taiwan in a mission “to bolster ties between Silicon Valley and the Taiwanese semiconductor industry,” Khanna’s office said.
China considers Taiwan to be a renegade province that should be forced back into the communist fold.
