China's Ambitions Beyond Taiwan: US Congressman Stands Firm.

Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Guy Reschenthaler said he is "not intimidated" after receiving a letter from the Chinese Embassy in Washington that warned against his involvement in a bipartisan congressional trip to self-ruled Taiwan. The letter from Li Xiang, the counselor of the congressional and sub-national affair section of the Chinese Embassy, said Reschenthaler's decision would "seriously violate the one-China principle, the provisions of the three Sino-U.S. joint communique, severely interfere with China's domestic affairs and send a wrong signal to the separatist forces in Taiwan." The Embassy sent a similar email to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other bipartisan members of Congress who met with Tsai in Southern California.