How in the hell does a politician traveling to a country have anything to do with a different country? It's not China's business. They can piss off.
There is no harm being done by visiting anywhere. Anybody who reacts in a negative way to a visit to a non-violent nation is a part of the problem.
Well, they think it is...whether we like it, or not. Just like Ukraine isn't Russia's busineness. Although, China is much more cagey than Russia, so it will be interesting to see how all this pans out.
It doesn't matter what they think. It's not their business. That needs to be made clear to China. If they don't want a visit to happen that's all the more reason to visit. And Russia can piss off as well. How this will pan out is China will saber rattle because that's their only choice other than full support. Any other choice they make will result in half of their population dying sooner than it has to and the other half turning on the government. Not to mention, Taiwan would kick China's ass out, even without the help of the allies. Taiwan is far easier to defend than Ukraine, and far harder to attack. Not to mention FAR better prepared to defend itself.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna41560 The last time there was a Taiwan crisis, China’s low-tech military was badly outmatched by U.S. forces. Not now. The United States can no longer assume it has military dominance in the event of a showdown with China over Taiwan, experts say
Good thing the US isn't alone against China...we have the entire Pacific Rim partnership and all their militaries as well....India is one and they have nukes...China can be cut off easily by a group effort....the US won't be in that fight alone, nor were they in WWII. Nato was weak before the Ukraine invasion added new members and shored up their armed forces just recently..China has seen what Russia is going through from invading. I don't think that is their next move...just war games and sabre rattling. Fact is most countries are now having trouble finding recruits to join the military..China and Russia as well...Russia is now pulling retired soldiers out of retirement...it's a different breed of young people these days. Not a lot of patriotic sacrifices in the mindset.
Too bad the US has completely stopped investing in our military since the 90s... Probably going to have to commandeer some old fishing vessels just to run out the white flag...
They are in conflict with China over a border invasion....and they are our ally....who I don't trust these days would be Republicans. India aired news and expressed anger at China's reaction to Taiwan...they've recently had border skirmishes with the Chinese and know what they did in Tibet as well...China is not surrounded by friends.
I have hundreds of Indian clients. Most named Patel. Anyway, I've never seen such a mass of Trump lovers. This is a serious microcosm.