China warns it won’t ‘sit idly by’ over US reps’ meet with Taiwan prez
if House Speaker Kevin McCarthy follows through with his plan to meet Taiwan’s president Wednesday, upped the ante in a letter to Congress on the eve of the confab — declaring it will not “sit idly by” and urging McCarthy to cancel the sitdown., the Chinese embassy’s liaison to Congress sent an email Tuesday warning of the consequences if McCarthy and a bipartisan group of lawmakers meet with Tsai Ing-wen at the Ronald Reagan Library in Simi Valley, Calif.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is expected to meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California.“We will relentlessly stand up for freedom and with Taiwan, and we are never going to cower. My message back to them is this: I look forward to meeting with President Tsai and reaffirming our commitment to Taiwan and freedom-loving nations everywhere,” Hinson told the outlet.
China also staged war games in the waters off Taiwan in response to Pelosi’s visit to Taipei this past August. Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is expected to meet Wednesday with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and a group of bipartisan lawmakers.Secretary of State Antony Blinken cautioned Beijing not to use Tsai’s visit as a “pretext” to pressure Taiwan.
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