US House speaker McCarthy meets Taiwan leader in California, despite Chinese warnings

China has threatened retaliation over the meeting. Read more at straitstimes.com.

LOS ANGELES - US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, becoming the most senior US figure to meet a Taiwanese leader on US soil since 1979, despite threats of retaliation from China, which claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own.

Mr McCarthy, a Republican who through his House position is number three in the US leadership hierarchy, welcomed Ms Tsai on Wednesday morning at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, near Los Angeles. REUTERS

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