Tag: Tsai Ing-wen

Politics Complicates Chinese Reaction to U.S. Visit by Taiwan’s President

For Beijing, showing displeasure too openly carries risks, particularly of harming the chances for its preferred party in Taiwan’s coming presidential election.

McCarthy Meets With Tsai, Backing Taiwan Amid Rising Tensions With China

Speaker Kevin McCarthy became the most senior elected official to meet with a Taiwanese president on American soil since the United States established diplomatic relations with Beijing.

Taiwan’s President Heads to the U.S., Bracing for China’s Retaliation

President Tsai Ing-wen is expected to meet Speaker Kevin McCarthy next week, risking a show of force from China, which opposes any such exchanges.