McCarthy, the leader of the Republican Party in the US House of Representatives, has repeatedly expressed his support for Taiwan. (Excerpted from McCarthy Twitter, Reuters; summarized from this paper)
17/11/2022 20:01
[Compiled Chen Chengliang/Rapporto completo]After the Republican Party of the United States gained control of the federal House of Representatives in this midterm elections, it means that Kevin McCarthy (Kevin McCarthy), who was just elected leader of the Republican Party in the House of Representatives, will become the next Speaker of the House of Representatives in January next year, replacing Pelosi of the Democratic Party. McCarthy has a clear stance against China and Taiwan, advocating strengthening Taiwan’s military power, and plans to establish a special committee on China issues. The US Congress is expected to continue supporting Taiwan and resisting China to respond to various challenges from China.
When McCarthy expressed his support for Pelosi, the current Speaker of the House of Representatives, to visit Taiwan in July this year, he said he would be happy to visit Taiwan if he becomes president. He tweeted at the time that “supporting Taiwan is in the best interests of the United States.” Earlier this year he said that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could be used as a lesson for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan, and he urged the Biden administration to strengthen Taiwan’s military power as soon as possible and improve security. self-defense of Taiwan. He also complained that when Pelosi visited Taiwan in August, he was not included in the Asian tour.
China-related matters involve many different committees in the House of Representatives, including national security, economy, information, etc. of various committees in the House of Representatives. He promised to set up a Wuhan pneumonia outbreak investigation team, to investigate the origin of the virus and how the United States can shift the supply chain from China to the United States, and at the same time examine “where the China stole our technology.”
According to the South China Morning Post, Yan Zhensheng, assistant research scientist at the Center for International Relations of National Chengchi University, said that McCarthy has always supported the United States in providing military aid to Taiwan, so the opportunity to visit Taiwan is very high. , “but in order to reduce the sensitivity (of the visit), he may choose Visit Taiwan before taking office as Speaker of the House of Representatives in January 2023.”
Lu Xiang, an expert on Sino-US relations at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, predicted that if McCarthy visited Taiwan as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Beijing’s diplomatic and military response would be stronger than that of Pelosi’s visit in Taiwan. such a move”.
Yun Sun, a senior researcher at the US think tank ‘Stimson Center’ bluntly said that the White House cannot control Congress, so the visit of congressmen to Taiwan could increase the pressure on US-China relations.
Kevin McCarthy, the Republican leader of the US House of Representatives, will become the next Speaker of the House of Representatives in January next year. (Reuters)
McCarthy, the leader of the Republican Party in the US House of Representatives, has repeatedly expressed his support for Taiwan. (Excerpt from McCarthy Twitter)
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