The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California was the site of the rare high-level, bipartisan meeting Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy hosted Wednesday for talks with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
Tsai arrived in New York on Wednesday on her way to Central America, and on her way back to Taipei next week will stop in Los Angeles where she is expected to meet U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, an interaction China has warned could lead to a "serious confrontation" in U.S.-China relations. The visit comes at a time when U.S. relations with China are at what some analysts see as their worst level since Washington normalized ties with Beijing in 1979 and switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei.
NEW YORK Hudson Institute honored Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen with its Global Leadership Award at an event in New York City tonight. President and CEO John P. Walters made the following statement:
By Hussein Waaile, Michael Martina and Ben Blanchard NEW YORK/TAIPEI (Reuters) -The U.S. and Taiwan are closer than ever, Taiwan s President Tsai Ing-wen told supporters during a stopover in New York that so far, according to Taipei and Washington, has not triggered unusual military actions by China.