China Denied U.S. Lawmakers Visas Over Taiwan Visit

(Bloomberg) -- China denied entry visas to a U.S. congressional delegation, with Chinese officials telling one congressman’s staff members the visas would be granted for their trip only if they canceled a stop in Taiwan.Representative Sean Patrick Maloney, a New York Democrat, said in a Wall Street Journal op-ed that the quid pro quo amounted to “visa blackmail, designed to stanch the longstanding tradition of robust U.S. congressional engagement with Taiwan.“Maloney warned Bei