After the Chinese side issued successive warnings about Pelosi's attempt to visit Taiwan, 6 US congressmen arrived in Taiwan at night to visit.
As everyone knows, a little earlier, in response to the attempt by Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives, to sneak into Taiwan, the Chinese side issued many warnings in succession, and State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi bluntly said: If the US side insists on going its own way, the Chinese side will certainly make a resolute response, and all the consequences will be borne by the US side. Ma Xiaoguang, spokesman for the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, also stressed that we will resolutely fight back against acts that seriously undermine China's sovereignty and territorial integrity. Under the strong reaction of the Chinese side, Pelosi was "tactically positive" and the channeling plan was postponed. Although Pelosi did not come, another American congressman came.
According to a report by the Global Network on 14 April, on the same day, the media on the island successively hyped up the news that six senators, including Menandez, chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, had visited Taiwan, and the delegation had arrived in Taiwan on the same night by a US administrative plane. Taiwan's foreign affairs department said that this shows the "rock-solid" support and commitment of the United States to Taiwan. Taiwan media pointed out that the visiting delegation stayed in Taiwan for a very short time, but during its stay in Taiwan, it also met with Taiwan regional leader Tsai Ing-wen and Qiu Guozheng, head of the defense department. Taiwan media speculated that the intention of the US senator's visit was to express support for Taiwan, to understand on the ground the so-called "threat" to the security of the Indo-Pacific region Chinese mainland, and how the United States can strengthen its role.
In response to the US congressman's sneaking into Taiwan, the PLA resolutely took a shot, and Colonel Shi Yi, spokesman for the Eastern Theater of the Eastern Theater, said that on 15 April, the Eastern Theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army dispatched destroyers, bombers, fighters, and other forces to organize a joint combat readiness patrol of multiple services and arms in the east China Sea and in the sea and airspace around Taiwan Island, and launched a drill on the subject of sea assault. Colonel Shi Yi clearly pointed out that this action was organized in response to the recent frequent misins of the United States on the Taiwan issue. The vicious acts and tricks of the United States are completely futile and very dangerous; those who play with fire will set themselves on fire, and the troops in the theater will always maintain a high degree of vigilance and resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and regional peace and stability.
It is undeniable that the purpose of the US congressman's visit to Taiwan is at least two aspects, one is to try to save the face of the failure of pelosi's previous visit, otherwise it will not be "hurried to come and go in a hurry", you know, Pelosi postponed the channeling of Taiwan because of the positive test of the new crown, the outside world has so far called it "tactical positive" and "political positive", and now, Pelosi does not mention the matter of continuing to channel Taiwan, which seems to confirm the speculation of the outside world. Obviously, this made the Biden administration "lose face", so it let Menandez lead the visiting group to "cross the road" and save some face.
The second is a naked test of China's bottom line. Due to the strong reaction of the Chinese side before, Pelosi's plan to channel Taiwan was not successful, so let's change a group of people and test the Chinese reaction. It is worth mentioning that on April 10, before the six US parliamentarians went to Taiwan, a delegation composed of members of the Swedish Parliament and the European Parliament arrived in Taiwan to start a five-day visit. Coincidentally, April 10 is also the day that Pelosi tried to channel the stage, and had to make the outside world associate the two, not excluding that the United States was manipulating behind the scenes, in order to test the Chinese reaction, seeing that the Chinese response was a little smaller, so 6 US congressmen came.
It must be pointed out that Taiwan's future, the security guarantees, and the well-being of Taiwan compatriots lie in the peaceful development of cross-strait relations and national reunification, not in the "empty cheque" of any external forces. At present, the mainland's policy of "peaceful reunification" has not changed, but the DPP authorities have continued to seek "independence" provocations, which undoubtedly regards war as a game. Those who play with fire will set themselves on fire, and this sentence is by no means just lip service, and the DPP authorities should take care of themselves.