McCarthy will host a bipartisan meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday.
Chinese diplomatic officials Tuesday warned House Speaker Kevin McCarthy against meeting Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen Wednesday, saying it would further deteriorate already strained ties between Washington and Beijing.The Washington Post via Getty ImagesMcCarthy’s meeting would be “another serious violation” of the one-China policy and “greatly hurt the national sentiments of the 1.
Dismissing Tsai’s meetings with U.S. officials as a “political stunt,” the statement alleges U.S. officials “connived and supported” Taiwan’s independence efforts by allowing Tsai to transit through the country. The Taiwanese leader will arrive in Los Angeles on Wednesday after completing a visit to Guatemala and Belize.
The consulate alleges that Tsai’s transit through the U.S. is simply a ploy to “seek breakthroughs and propagate” Taiwanese independence.“China urges the US to…stop all forms of official interaction with Taiwan authorities, stop upgrading its substantive exchanges with Taiwan region, and stop the wrongdoings of using Taiwan to contain China.” the statement added.his plans to host a “bipartisan meeting” with Tsai in California on Wednesday, during her stopover in the state.
that this would be seen by Beijing as “another provocation” and it will “definitely take measures to resolutely fight back,” without elaborating.to threats from Chinese officials, Chang Tun-han, the deputy secretary-general of Taiwan’s presidential office, cited a speech by former President Ronald Reagan saying “Evil is powerless if the good are unafraid.