Taiwan's Tsai floated virtual talks with McCarthy ahead of meeting

Uncertainty over backlash from Beijing looms as leaders demonstrate solidarity

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Kevin McCarthy, speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, is set to meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on April 5. © Reuters

RYO NAKAMURA, Nikkei staff writer

WASHINGTON -- U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, one of the most powerful figures in Washington, will meet Wednesday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in the state of California after both sides weighed the geopolitical implications of the historic encounter.

They will talk at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, a city near Los Angeles. Tsai's trip will mark the 29th time that a sitting Taiwanese president transits the U.S., according to the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies think tank.

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