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Taiwan’s president meets with Kevin McCarthy in California. What her visit says about Taiwan’s future

TAIPEI, Taiwan — In Southern California, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen met with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday in a show of the strength of relations between Taipei and Washington.

Los Angeles Times

Watch: Taiwanese president and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy give statement

Watch from California as the Taiwanese president and the US House Speaker deliver a statement following their meeting.

The Independent UK

US House Speaker McCarthy greets Taiwan president despite Beijing's threats

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, becoming the most senior US figure to meet a Taiwanese leader on US soil since 1979 despite threats of retaliation from China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own.

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US-China tensions to rise as House Speaker in historic meeting with Taiwan President

Mr McCarthy greeted President Tsai on her arrival at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Southern California in a historic first since the US broke formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1979

Daily Mirror

McCarthy meets Taiwan President Tsai despite China's threats

Beijing warned of "severe confrontation" over the visit.

Axios

Watch the Taiwanese president meet the US House Speaker in California

Watch from California as the Taiwanese president is set to meet the US House Speaker in the first such meeting in the US.

The Independent UK

US Speaker McCarthy meets Taiwan’s Tsai despite China pressure

China has denounced the meeting with Taiwan’s president as a provocation, in violation of its ‘One China’ policy.

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House leader, Taiwan president hold historic meeting in US

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen are beginning a historic high-level meeting on U.S. soil

The Independent UK

Dueling presidential visits to US and China show opposing visions for Taiwan

TAIPEI, Taiwan — In Los Angeles, Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is preparing to meet with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Wednesday in a show of the strength of relations between Taipei and Washington.

Los Angeles Times

Factbox-Diplomatic competition between Taiwan and China

Taiwan and China have engaged for years in competition for diplomatic recognition, but the pendulum has long swung decisively in Beijing's favour.

Reuters

Rival protests in Los Angeles as Taiwan’s president arrives for visit

Tsai to meet the US House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, which China has called a ‘provocation’

The Guardian - UK

US, Taiwan seen powerless to stem island’s diplomatic losses in Latin America

As China seeks to further whittle down the list of seven countries in the Americas that still recognize Taiwan, U.S. officials increasingly believe Paraguay may be the island’s next diplomatic ally to flip loyalties to Beijing.

Reuters

Taiwan's President Tsai meets Kevin McCarthy despite China's warnings

For President Tsai Ing-wen, the meeting capped off a high-stakes trip intended to prove to voters that strengthening U.S. ties is worth the fallout, as Taipei's relations with China deteriorate.

WEKU

Commentary: Will Kevin McCarthy’s meeting with Taiwan’s president provoke more conflict with China?

The last time a U.S. speaker of the house met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, the visit prompted extensive blowback in China. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA), as China’s military is formally called, responded briskly, conducting days of military exercises around the self-governed island. These were no normal military exercises either.…

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Foxconn founder to seek Taiwan presidency

TAIPEI: Terry Gou, the billionaire founder of the technology giant Foxconn, announced on Wednesday that he is seeking the presidential nomination of Taiwan’s main opposition Kuomintang party in order to “avoid war” with China.

The Independent UK

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Reuters

U.S. Speaker meets Taiwan leader and stresses need to speed up arms deliveries

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, becoming the most senior U.S. figure to meet a Taiwanese leader on U.S. soil in decades and stressed the need to accelerate arms deliveries to Taiwan in the face of rising threats from China.

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Why is China so upset at a meeting between Tsai and McCarthy?

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s plan to meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has provoked anger in Beijing.

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The Independent UK

For McCarthy and Taiwan's leader, visit marks historic first

The moment will be historic — a U.S. House speaker meeting with the president of Taiwan for a rare visit on American soil

France 24

US House speaker to meet Taiwan president despite Beijing's threats

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.

Reuters

Taiwan president discusses 'regional situation' ahead of McCarthy meeting

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen met with senior security officials on Tuesday to discuss the "regional situation" ahead of her meeting with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California, which China has demanded not take place.

Reuters

Why is China so angry about Taiwan president meeting US Speaker McCarthy?

U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will host a meeting in California on Wednesday with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, part of a sensitive U.S. stopover that has drawn Chinese threats of retaliation.

The Independent UK

Youngkin to meet with Taiwan's leader during trade mission

Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin will lead his first international trade mission later this month, a trip to Asia that will include a meeting with the president of Taiwan

Reuters

Analysis-China, Taiwan, US share interest in avoiding crisis over California visit

China, Taiwan and the United States all share a common interest in ensuring this week's California stopover by Taiwan's president gets the focus each thinks it deserves, but without setting off a new crisis.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taiwan Rejects China Pressure Ahead of House Speaker Meeting

Taiwan pushed back against threats of retaliation by China, ahead of an expected meeting between President Tsai-Ing-wen and the US House speaker Wednesday that will underscore her government's claim to sovereignty. Tsai has been visiting the island's remaining diplomatic allies in Latin America, Belize and Guatemala. The most politically sensitive…

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