Ministry thanks US lawmaker Yoho for bill proposalStaff writer, with CNA, WASHINGTONThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday thanked US Representative Ted Yoho, who on Friday announced plans to submit a bill to the US House of Representatives to authorize the US president to respond with military force if China attacks Taiwan. The ministry would monitor the bill’s progress and, together with the US, promote regional peace, stability and prosperity, ministry spokeswoman Joanne Ou (歐江安) said. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s logo is pictured at the ministry in Taipei in an undated photograph. Photo: Lu Yi-hsuan, Taipei Times“This [bill] is something that’s going to lay very clear what our intent is,” Yoho said. “But when [Chinese President] Xi Jinping [習近平] has announced that he’s ready to draw blood over Taiwan and reunify them, they forgot to ask Taiwan,” Yoho said.

Source: Taipei Times July 20, 2020 15:56 UTC