kevin mccarthy. a sports person for the chinese foreign ministry accused washington of colluding with taiwan especially over the heat sue of arms sales. mr mccarthy said us must strengthen economic situations with the island. whether it s our deep commercial ties, strong people to people relationships and shared values. our cooperation with the people of taiwan continue to expand through dialogue and exchange. mr mccarthy is the most senior us figurative meet with the time leader on us soil since 1979. despite the rhetoric, taiwanese plans to do big business with china and the united states. china and the united states. china is taiwan s largest trading partner. ispoke earlier and got an explosion about the complicated ties between the two.- between the two. china is usually important - between the two. china is usually important for - between the two. china is usually important for all l usually important for all engine economies including taiwan. what puts taiwan is in a un
one of the world s biggest online, crime websites online crime websites is shut down by police in seventeen countries. is shut down by police in 17 countries. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7 in the morning in singapore and 4 o clock in the afternoon in simi valley in california, where us house speaker kevin mccarthy greeted taiwan president tsai ing wen at the start of a meeting that has already infuriated china. in the last hour, beijing has promised a resolute response. mr mccarthy is the most senior american politician to meet a taiwanese leader on us soil since 1979. the meeting took place at the ronald reagan presidential library during a stopover on president tsai sjourney home from latin america. china claims taiwan is part of its own territory and discourages the island s leaders from meeting foreign officials. the two leaders held a press conference earlier. here s what they said. the friendship between the people of taiwan
Looked in the future. taiwanese. , taiwanese. of course the meeting taiwanese. of course the meeting happening - taiwanese. of course the meeting happening in - taiwanese. of course the - meeting happening in california today as well as the nancy pelosi visit to taiwan last summer, these are efforts to actually avoid confrontation between taiwan and china. to say that the united states is going to be coming to the defence of taiwan, should china take action. some would argue this is not necessarily going to be an effective way to keep china away from taiwan and it actually is deliberately provoking the tiger in the eyes so to speak. others would argue is that effective deterrent mechanism. forthe is that effective deterrent mechanism. for the business community, what is happening is there are contingency plans in place and a big taiwanese semiconductor manufacturer, is manufacturing, is planning to manufacture more in the united states and other countries, but we also see that there