earlier today, despite objections from china. mccarthy stressed the need to speed up arms deliveries to taiwan. china, which has long considered taiwan as part of its country, denounced the meeting, accusing the us of seeking taiwanese independence. it comes on the heels of other high profile summits, including then speaker of the house nancy pelosi s trip to taiwan last year. speaking after the meeting, mccarthy responded to warnings from china of escalating tensions. well, my first message to china, there is no need for retaliation. the one thing i will say to china, at no time, ims speaker of the house, there is no time that china is going to tell me where i can go and who can speak to, whether you be so all you befriend. the california visit is not the first stop on president tsai s trip. last week, she flew to new york where she met with three us senators. tsai then made her way to central america for official visits to guatemala and belize, two of taiwan s few allies on
the story. tell us about emmanuel macron s a project, was the receptiveness to take this claim from president macron for them to take it forward, that they could do more to andy war in ukraine? well, he is about to start a slew of meetings with chinese leaders with lee chung yong followed by xi jinping, leaders with lee chung yong followed by xijinping, the president of china. beijing has always said it is neutral when it comes to the war in ukraine and it has refused to condemn russia s aggression, for example, at the united nations and it has also proposed the 12 point peace plan, but many of our viewers will remember president xijinping s our viewers will remember president xi jinping s trip to moscow to meet with president putin and partly because of the timing ofjapan s prime timing of japan s prime minister s timing ofjapan s prime minister s trip to the exact same day, the pictures became a stark contrast as to how the two biggest economies in asia
are responding to the conflict in ukraine and following that visit, the premier, who president macron is about to meet, he also held a phone conversation with russia s prime minister, talking about their approach to the war in ukraine. so that is something that a lot of analysts are watching closely how president xi and other chinese leaders will react to france s request, but don t think many are expecting a breakthrough that. exactly. what you think we can to come out of the store that macron will hold with president xi? ~ ., , , xi? well, of course president macron is xi? well, of course president macron is also xi? well, of course president macron is also keen - xi? well, of course president macron is also keen to - xi? well, of course president macron is also keen to push i xi? well, of course president l macron is also keen to push for close investment and trade ties with china, partly because he has been facing those rather embarrassing pension protests back home. we want to