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A small plane flew over the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on Wednesday towing a banner that read “One China! Taiwan is part of China!” while House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
Meanwhile, a smaller group of pro-China agitators appeared outside the library and clashed with pro-Taiwan demonstrators.
#Chinese protesters took to the skies with a banner attached to a plane, stating, « One China Taiwan is part of China, » to express their opposition to the meeting between President Tsai Ing-wen and U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. @Taiwan @iingwen @SpeakerMcCarthy pic.twitter.com/DIhOTaNAUE
TVBS World Taiwan (@tvbsworldtaiwan) April 5, 2023
Although many observers assumed the Chinese government paid directly for the plane, it was not immediately clear who financed the flight.
CCP paid a plane to pull a banner in the airspace of the California conference site to protest the meeting between U.S. Speaker of Congress McCarthy and Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen.
CCP 花钱雇佣飞机在加州现场空域拉横幅，抗议美国国会议长麦卡锡与台湾蔡英文会见． pic.twitter.com/JcF72hlMab
— Gangpao (@minigangp) April 6, 2023
The Chinese Communist Party often relies on “volunteer” loyalists living in other countries to disrupt public events the Party disfavors, providing the authoritarian Chinese government with a layer of deniability.
