didn t fly in a military plane like the last lawmakers in a previous congressional visit where you have this images of military aircraft that landed in taipei that infuriated beijing. we saw huge numbers of chinese war planes in the defense identification zone when that happened back in late september, and the war planes came in early october. but it s a time that the u.s. lawmakers really have to be careful here. because, yes, taiwan is one of those rare issues in the united states that unites lawmakers across the aisle, rub cans and democrats seem to be rallying in support of taiwan and shared disdain for china which is becoming an increasingly assertive and aggressive, some might say, competitor and also has had a lot of bad p.r. as of late, and the saga of the tennis star who is believed to have been disappeared and silenced, peng shuai, even though she is paraded around in what are propaganda videos. taiwan is a red line for china,