China's threats, 'naked aggression' loom large as House lawmakers meet Taiwan's new president
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House lawmakers spent their first full day in Taiwan meeting with the island's president and foreign minister, where the topic of China dominated discussion.
Elizabeth Elkind is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital leading coverage of the House of Representatives. Previous digital bylines seen at Daily Mail and CBS News.
The Texas Republican is leading a multi-day diplomatic trip to Taipei with a bipartisan coalition of House lawmakers. The group met with Taiwanese President Lai Ching-tse and Foreign Minister Jaushieh Joseph Wu on their first full day – the first U.S. delegation to meet with the new officials since they took office a little over a week ago. Follow on Twitter at @liz_elkind and send tips to elizabeth.elkind@fox.com
"I gave them some updates on the weapons and some other things we're doing to help them, but they just wanted me to know that the threat was getting very intense from Chairman Xi," McCaul told Fox News Digital after the meetings.