After a Wednesday meeting in California between Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, China said it would take 'strong' action to defend its sovereignty.
maintains that there is nothing provocative about the visit by Tsai, which is the latest of a half-dozen to the U.S.
The formal trappings of the meeting, and the senior rank of some of the elected officials in the delegation from Congress, could lead China to view it as an escalation. No speaker is known to have met with a Taiwanese president in the U.S. since America broke off formal diplomatic relations in 1979 while formally establishing diplomatic relations with the Beijing government.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., right, and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, second from right, arrive at a bipartisan leadership meeting at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on April 5, 2023. As part of its recognition of China, the U.S."One China" policy acknowledges that Beijing lays claim to Taiwan but does not endorse China’s claim. The U.S. remains Taiwan’s key provider of military and defense assistance – though Washington does not explicitly say whether it will come to Taiwan’s aid in the case of a conflict with China.
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