{"id":28665,"date":"2023-10-05T18:58:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T18:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/?p=28665"},"modified":"2024-01-12T17:03:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T17:03:01","slug":"ccarthy-meets-taiwan-president-tsai-despite-chinas-threats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/celebrity\/ccarthy-meets-taiwan-president-tsai-despite-chinas-threats\/","title":{"rendered":"CCARTHY MEETS TAIWAN PRESIDENT TSAI DESPITE CHINA&#8217;S THREATS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/images.axios.com\/ssqiZosOMkn1lOKey85-YYbj9NE=\/1920x1080\/smart\/2023\/04\/05\/1680714864261.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on April 5. Photo: Frederic J. Brown\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) met with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday despite warnings from Beijing that the meeting would provoke &#8220;severe confrontation&#8221; with the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why it matters:\u00a0<\/strong>China views any gesture that seems to treat Taiwan as an independent country as an affront, and responded to a visit to Taipei last year by then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi by holding massive military drills around Taiwan and firing a missile over the island.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Chinese military began military drills in the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday morning. Taiwan&#8217;s Ministry of National Defense said it was monitoring the drills.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong>\u00a0The top diplomat at China&#8217;s embassy in Washington warned last week that the trip &#8220;could lead to serious, serious, serious confrontation,&#8221; adding: &#8220;Those who play with fire will perish by it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The White House has been trying to tamp down the tensions by noting that Tsai&#8217;s recent predecessors have transited through the U.S. and that Tsai herself has been to the U.S. six times before without much incident.<\/li>\n<li>Taiwan is a &#8220;sovereign and independent country, and has the right to independently choose to communicate and develop relations with other countries in the world,&#8221; Taiwan&#8217;s Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What they&#8217;re saying: &#8220;<\/strong>The friendship between America and the people of Taiwan has never been stronger,&#8221; McCarthy tweeted as he welcomed Tsai.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The big picture:<\/strong>\u00a0Some analysts believe the U.S. and China are on course for a collision over Taiwan within the next several years.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed to bring the self-governing island under Beijing&#8217;s control, by force if necessary.<\/li>\n<li>President Biden, meanwhile, has repeatedly stated that the U.S. would defend Taiwan. The U.S. has also stepped up arms sales to the island.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Driving the news:\u00a0<\/strong>Tsai began her trip last week with a stop in New York, followed by visits to Belize and Guatemala, two of the 13 countries that have diplomatic relations with Taipei rather than Beijing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>McCarthy is meeting Tsai at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California in what his office said would be a &#8220;bipartisan&#8221; meeting including other members of Congress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>While Tsai has been in the Americas,\u00a0<\/strong>former Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou has been traveling around mainland China \u2014 the first former Taiwanese leader to do so.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The two trips mark two differing visions for Taiwan&#8217;s future, as offered by Taiwan&#8217;s two main political parties ahead of January&#8217;s presidential elections.<\/li>\n<li>As China ratchets up pressure on Taiwan, Tsai&#8217;s Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wants to stay as close to the U.S. as possible, whereas Ma&#8217;s KMT is still seeking to alleviate the pressure at the source, by getting closer to Beijing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/andalucia-imagenes.com\/world-news\/mccarthy-meets-taiwan-president-tsai-despite-chinas-threats\/\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, on April 5. 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