Beijing claims Taiwan as its own territory and balks at any official contact Taipei has with other countries. theSun theSundaily Taiwan USA Beijing TsaiIngwen
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy wields the speaker’s gavel as members of Congress gather on the House floor to attend US. REUTERSPIX: US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sits down with Taiwan's president on Wednesday for a highly symbolic meeting in California that has already prompted outrage and dire warnings from China.
This week it warned McCarthy, a Republican and California native who is second in line to the US presidency, that he was “playing with fire” by meeting Tsai. Taiwan, a flourishing democracy, has been self-governing for decades. It has its own military, an independent judiciary and all the trappings of a fully functioning state.The United States formally recognizes Beijing, but is an important backer of Taiwan, and maintains strong unofficial ties.
The decision to meet in the United States was viewed as a compromise that would underscore support for Taiwan but avoid inflaming tensions with China. Bonnie Glaser, Managing Director of the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund, said China had been quite outspoken about the visit in recent days, and may feel that it has to keep up the rhetoric.
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