Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen persuaded House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to meet in the US due to security worries, the Financial Times said, a move that appeared aimed at avoiding another crisis with China. Know more:
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen persuaded House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to meet in the US due to security worries, the Financial Times said, a move that appeared aimed at avoiding another crisis with China.
Tsai’s government shared intelligence with McCarthy about threats posed by Beijing, the newspaper reported, citing a senior Taiwanese official, who added that risks could be limited if Washington and Taipei worked to control them. McCarthy has said he wanted to visit Taipei at some point. A separate official from Taiwan said McCarthy viewed the concerns as reasonable, the Financial Times said, and that Tsai’s representatives suggested a meeting in the US while the president stopped over on a trip to Central America.
Taiwan’s representative office in the US declined to comment on the report. The Foreign Ministry in Taipei said in a statement it didn’t have any information to offer on Tsai’s trip, adding it would brief the public when the details are confirmed. China responded to then-House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei in August by holding unprecedented military exercises in areas all around Taiwan, which appeared to show it could enforce a blockade of the island that Beijing views as its territory. The People’s Liberation Army also fired missiles over Taiwan.China has eased up its military pressure on Taiwan of late.
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