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Taiwan tensions

McCarthy to meet Taiwan's Tsai in U.S. to avoid China's ire

Meeting to be in California, with president also due to speak at Reagan Library

Kevin McCarthy, left, a California Republican who became speaker in January, had said last summer that he intended to visit Taiwan and President Tsai Ing-wen, right, if elected to the leadership post.  (Source photos by Reuters)

TAIPEI/WASHINGTON (Financial Times ) -- Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has convinced U.S. Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy to meet in California instead of in Taipei, in a bid to avoid an aggressive response from Beijing.

McCarthy, a California Republican who became speaker in January, had said last summer that he intended to visit Taiwan if elected to the leadership post.

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