Slotkin said her office received a "blunt" email from the Chinese embassy Thursday urging her not to visit Taiwan, which has a democratic government and insists it is not a part of any other nation. She and the other members decided to go anyway, she said, with the backing of the State Department and the Department of Defense. "I'm not going to be bullied," Slotkin said, adding that the visit underscored the need for a more comprehensive plan to counter China on the global stage.
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