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Taiwan president in US for visit that has China threatening reprisal

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen is stopping over in the United States en route to Central America, where she will meet with the leaders of Guatemala and Belize to shore up ties with those diplomatic allies. – EPA pic, March 30, 2023.

TAIWAN’S President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York yesterday for a visit that has triggered threats of reprisal by China if she meets with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy – and US warnings for Beijing not to overreact. Tsai is stopping over in the United States en route to Central America, where she will meet with the leaders of Guatemala and Belize to shore up ties with those diplomatic allies. On her way back to Taiwan she will stop in California, where McCarthy had said he would meet her.

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