Three US Senators, Ladda Tammy Duckworth (D), Daniel Scott Sullivan (R) both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Christopher Andrew Coons (D) a member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, travelled to Taiwan on a USAF C-17 Globemaster rather than an unmarked private jet. They visited Taiwan from June 6-8, 2021. The Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs said these U.S. Senators are all long-term supporters of Taiwan, and they are prioritizing the visit to Taiwan to demonstrate their firm bi-partisan support of Taiwan in the U.S. Senate. This is the first international visit that the Senate Armed Services Committee planned to have, after the breakout of the Covid-19 Pandemic last year. The whole U.S. Senate visiting group includes ten people. A meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is part of the schedule. China protested the visit describing it as a " vile political provocation" that was irresponsible and dangerous. China's Ministry of National Defence called "it "a political show", challenging the one-China principle and trying to achieve the so-called goal of using Taiwan to control China".
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