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CNN: McCarthy to meet with Taiwan’s president in California on Wednesday
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is poised to meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday – a historic event that comes amid warnings from China. The California Republican’s office shared details of the meeting in a release Monday morning.
The release states that McCarthy will host a bipartisan meeting with Tsai at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.
The meeting has been long anticipated and is all-but-guaranteed to rattle the tense relationship between the US and China, which became even more fraught after a Chinese spy balloon floated over North America and was then shot down by US fighter jets in February.
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WNU Editor: U.S. – China relations are in the toilet right now. This meeting will definitely make it worse …. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen is meeting US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Beijing is not happy about it (ABC News Australia). China’s official reaction is here …. Tsai’s activities in US will make it ‘more difficult’ for Biden to engage China (Global Times)
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy To Meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen In California On Wednesday
US House Speaker McCarthy to meet Taiwan’s leader despite China warnings — France 24
US House speaker to host Taiwan president on Wednesday in California — Reuters
China renews threats as Taiwan president greeted by crowds in New York — The Guardian
US House Speaker McCarthy to meet Taiwan president this week — Al Jazeera