A gaggle of US lawmakers will arrive in Taiwan on Thursday, Central News Agency mentioned.(Representational)

Taipei:

Another group of US lawmakers will arrive in Taiwan on Thursday night, Taiwan’s official Central News Agency reported, the third such go to this month and defying stress from Beijing for these journeys to not happen.

China, which claims Taiwan as its personal territory in opposition to the sturdy objections of the democratically-elected authorities in Taipei, launched army drills close to the island after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi got here in early August.

The Central News Agency didn’t identify the lawmakers who have been approaching Thursday, saying solely that they’d arrive on a US army plane at Taipei’s downtown Songshan airport and would meet Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday.

Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry mentioned in a press release that “important guests” would arrive after 11 p.m. (1500 GMT) at Songshan airport. It gave no particulars and declined to remark additional.

The de facto US embassy in Taipei declined to remark.

Pelosi’s go to infuriated China, which responded with take a look at launches of ballistic missiles over Taipei for the primary time, and by ditching some traces of dialogue with Washington, together with theatre army talks and on local weather change.

She was adopted round per week later by 5 different US lawmakers, with China’s army responding by finishing up extra workouts close to Taiwan.

The United States has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan however is sure by regulation to supply the island with the means to defend itself.

China has by no means dominated out utilizing drive to carry Taiwan beneath its management.

Taiwan’s authorities says the People’s Republic of China has by no means dominated the island and so has no proper to assert it, and that solely its 23 million individuals can determine their future.

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