Taiwan says won't allow 'repeated provocations' from China, ahead of reported McCarthy meeting

Sources said President Tsai could meet the US House Speaker in the US, likely in April. Read more at straitstimes.com.

TAIPEI - Taiwan will not allow “repeated provocations” from China, the island’s defence minister said on Tuesday, when asked about Beijing’s possible reaction to a reported meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

Speaking to reporters in parliament, Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng said he was not aware of a planned meeting between Ms Tsai and Mr McCarthy. Taiwan’s government has not announced a presidential visit to the United States, which previously she has made as stopovers on the way to countries which maintain formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan in Latin America and the Caribbean.

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