China warned U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday not to repeat disastrous past mistakes by meeting Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen.
Beijing said.
Republican US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy confirmed he would meet Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, defying dire warnings from China that he was "playing with fire." Tsai plans to stop over in the United States on her return from Central America, where she has met the leaders of Guatemala and is visiting Belize before meeting McCarthy.
On April 28, American pop singer Katy Perry gave her first-ever concert in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, the self-governing island which mainland China considers to be its sovereign territory. Tense relations between Taiwan and mainland China mean that celebrities visiting Taiwan must often perform a balancing act pleasing the island’s crowds while not offending mainland