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.
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)
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