WASHINGTON: The moment will be historic - a US House speaker meeting with the president of Taiwan for a rare visit on American soil, a high-profile encounter designed
Will Taiwan President Tsai’s meeting with US House Speaker McCarthy prompt large-scale Chinese drills?
“It’s particularly an opportunity to demonstrate how strong the relationship with the United States is,” said Bonnie S. Glaser, the managing director of the Indo-Pacific program at the German Marshall Fund. McCarthy, a sandwich shop operator in Bakersfield, California, before working as a congressional aide and being elected to Congress, is not known for vast foreign policy experience.
drew fierce rebuke from China with live-fire drills that included firing missiles over the island. In December, China sent planes and ships toward Taiwan in a 24-hour display of force.With the new speaker, it was decided that Tsai and McCarthy would meet in California.
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