China said a meeting between Tsai and McCarthy may lead to another 'serious' US-China confrontation. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW YORK - Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York on a sensitive US stopover on Wednesday, vowing en route not to let external pressure prevent the island from engaging with the world after China threatened retaliation if she met US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
“We are calm and confident, will neither yield nor provoke. Taiwan will firmly walk on the road of freedom and democracy and go into the world. Although this road is rough, Taiwan is not alone.” Taiwan is China’s most sensitive territorial issue and a major bone of contention with Washington, which, like most countries, maintains only unofficial ties with Taipei. But the US government is required by American law to provide the island with the means to defend itself and it also facilitates unofficial stopover visits.
“We have made solemn representations to the US side on many occasions and clearly told them that all consequences should be borne by the US side,” she said.The US transit is Ms Tsai’s seventh since taking office in 2016 and comes amid concerns in the United States and elsewhere that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine might embolden China to move against Taiwan.
Two other sources said Ms Tsai would attend a banquet with Taiwanese Americans and overseas Taiwanese in New York, as well as an event on Thursday with the Hudson Institute, a think tank to which Taiwan’s government is a significant donor, according to its annual reports.
White House national security spokesman John Kirby urged China not to use a “normal” stopover as a pretext to increase aggressive activity against Taiwan.
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