Taiwan President Meets U.S. House Speaker, the 7th Time Tsai Ing-wen Transited In U.S.
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For the first time, a Taiwanese president met a Speaker of the House on U.S. soil. Wednesday’s, April 5, 2023, meeting between President Tsai Ing-wen, Speaker Kevin McCarthy and more than a dozen lawmakers took place despite Beijing’s threats of a serious response. The bipartisan support for Taiwan from U.S. is led by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in this meeting. Nick Schifrin discussed the visit with Bonnie Glaser of the German Marshall Fund of the United States, in the video published on April 5, 2023, by PBS NewsHour, as “How McCarthy’s meeting with president of Taiwan could impact U.S.-China relations“, below:
ABC News’ Britt Clennett reports on the Taiwanese president’s meeting with Speaker McCarthy amid tensions between China and Taiwan, in the video published on April 5, 2023, by ABC News, as “Taiwanese president meets with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy | ABCNL“, below:
Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen has met with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy – the first meeting of its kind in the United States for decades. The face-to-face outside Los Angeles comes on what is technically a stop-over for the President. Kevin McCarthy’s position as House Speaker makes him number three in the US political hierarchy and therefore the most senior American figure to meet a Taiwanese leader on US soil since 1979. The trip comes despite warnings from China. Beijing claims self-ruled Taiwan as its own and resents what it sees as US meddling in its domestic affairs, in the video published on April 5, 2023, by DW News, as “First meeting in decades: Why the House Speaker welcomes Taiwan’s president | DW News“, below:
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy and a group of U.S. lawmakers hold a news conference after meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday. Tsai is now Taiwan’s first president to meet with a U.S. House speaker on U.S. soil, according to CNN. The meeting was meant to show that the U.S. stands in democratic solidarity with Taiwan amid the country’s ongoing tensions with China, in the video streamed on April 6, 2023, by NowThis News, as “U.S. Lawmakers Speak After Meeting With Taiwan President“, below:
In an interview with Andrea Mitchell following his meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) underscores the importance of “a united front” in Congress in supporting Taiwan against aggression from China, saying the U.S. should “speed up arms sales to Taiwan, foster greater economy, with technology, medicines and others, and foster that bond for democracy and freedom.” Does he worry his meeting could escalate tensions with China? “No, it shouldn’t by any means,” says McCarthy, in the video published on April 6, 2023, by MSNBC, as “Speaker McCarthy: Meeting with Taiwan’s president ‘shouldn’t by any means’ escalate China tensions“, below:
China has deployed naval ships near Taiwan’s coast, after the meeting between US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in California. The vessels include an aircraft carrier which entered the Pacific Ocean for the first time, in the video published on April 6, 2023, by CNA, as “China deploys aircraft carrier group and patrol boats off Taiwan’s coast“, below:
Atlas Organization founder Jonathan D.T. Ward discusses Speaker McCarthy’s meeting with the Taiwanese president, lawmakers convening with CEOs to discuss China concerns and the push to strip the nation of its most-favored trade status, in the video published on April 6, 2023, by Fox Business, as “China expert lays out the next step for the US in the Pacific“, below:
The Marathon Initiative principal Elbridge Colby discusses the ramped-up rhetoric from China about U.S.-Taiwan relations on ‘The Bottom Line.’ in the video published on April 6, 2023, by Fox Business, as “Dealing with Xi is as serious as a ‘heart attack,’ says defense expert“, below:
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