China Flexes Military Muscle After US Senators Visit Taiwan

A delegation comprised of Senators Tammy Duckworth (3rd L), Christoper Coons (3rd R), and Dan Sullivan (2nd L), poses for photographs with Taiwan's Foreign Minister Joseph Wu (2nd R) and American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Brent Christensen (R) following their arrival at the Songshan Airport in Taipei on June 6, 2021. Pei Chen/POOL/AFP via Getty Images

Beijing recently ramped up its warmongering rhetoric against its democratic neighbor Taiwan, following a recent visit by three U.S. senators to the self-ruled island.

Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Christopher Coons (D-Del.), and Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), made a three-hour stop in Taiwan on June 6 to announce that the United States would donate 750,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to the island. Prior to the announcement, the Taiwanese government has repeatedly slammed Beijing for interfering in its efforts to buy vaccines from major COVID-19 vaccine makers.