{"id":24931,"date":"2023-04-05T20:35:47","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T20:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/04\/05\/us-house-leader-meets-taiwan-president-as-china-protests\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:06:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:06:45","slug":"us-house-leader-meets-taiwan-president-as-china-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/04\/05\/us-house-leader-meets-taiwan-president-as-china-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"US House leader meets Taiwan president as China protests"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Risking China\u2019s ire, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomed Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to a high-level meeting on U.S. soil as a \u201cgreat friend of America\u201d on Wednesday in a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-china-tsai-mccarthy-meeting-c769ade44eb65f143ec95bb88344ec41\">fraught show<\/a> of U.S. support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers, including the House\u2019s third-ranking Democrat, joined Republican McCarthy for the talks at southern California\u2019s Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, against a backdrop of rising tensions between the U.S. and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/03\/29\/china-threatens-to-retaliate-if-mccarthy-meets-taiwan-leader\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22222153723112.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">China threatens to retaliate if McCarthy meets Taiwan leader<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is on a tour of the island\u2019s diplomatic allies in the Americas.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The members of Congress rose to their feet to greet the Taiwanese leader at a long table lined with bouquets. The formal trappings of the meeting, and the senior rank of some of the elected officials, in themselves threatened to run afoul of China\u2019s position that any interaction between U.S. and Taiwanese officials is a challenge to China\u2019s claim of sovereignty over the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy said he wanted the Taiwan president to see that \u201cthis is a bipartisan meeting of members of Congress,\u201d not any one political party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe will continue to find ways for the people of America and Taiwan to work together to promote economic freedom, democracy, peace and stability in Asia,\u201d the House speaker said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The United States broke off official ties with Taiwan in 1979 while formally establishing diplomatic relations with the Beijing government. The U.S. acknowledges a \u201cone-China\u201d policy in which Beijing lays claim to Taiwan, but it does not endorse China\u2019s claim to the island and remains Taiwan\u2019s key provider of military and defense assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2560\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095117201714.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095117201714.jpg.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095117201714.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095117201714.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095117201714.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095117201714.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095117201714.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A supporter of Taiwan, center, confronts protesters opposed to Taiwanese independence outside a hotel where Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is expected to arrive in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (AP Photo\/Ringo H.W. Chiu)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Tsai, it was the most sensitive stop on a weeklong journey meant to shore up alliances with the U.S. and Central America. The U.S. House speaker is second in line of succession to the president. No speaker is known to have met with a Taiwan president on U.S. soil since the U.S. broke off formal diplomatic relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China has reacted to past trips by Taiwanese presidents through the U.S., and to past trips to Taiwan by senior U.S. officials, with shows of military force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Chinese responded to a visit by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan last August with its largest live-fire drills in decades, including firing a missile over the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chinese officials have pledged a sharp but unspecified response to the meeting with McCarthy. There was no immediate reaction from China on Wednesday, a holiday there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Chinese vessels started a joint patrol and inspection operation in the central and northern waters of the Taiwan Strait, state media announced Wednesday morning. Taiwan\u2019s Ministry of National Defense said Wednesday evening it had also tracked the Chinese Army\u2019s Shandong aircraft carrier passing through the Bashi Strait, to Taiwan\u2019s southeast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China\u2019s \u201cdeliberate action has jeopardized regional stability and caused tension in Taiwan Strait,\u201d Taiwan\u2019s defense ministry said. \u201cHowever, external pressures will not hinder our determination to move toward the world &amp; defend our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden administration insists there is nothing provocative about this visit by Tsai, which is the latest of a half-dozen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe first thing to emphasize is that these transits by high-level Taiwanese authorities are nothing new,\u201d Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters Wednesday during travel in Europe. \u201cThey are private, they are unofficial, but they are nothing new.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cGiven that, Beijing should not use the transits as an excuse to take any actions, to ratchet up tensions, to further push at changing the status quo,\u201d Blinken said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s no reason for the Chinese to overreact in any way,\u201d National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters Wednesday. \u201cWe\u2019ll watch this as closely as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Taiwan president\u2019s visit to America comes as China, the U.S. and its allies are strengthening their military positions and readiness for any confrontation between the two sides, with Taiwan and its claim to sovereignty a main flashpoint. Confrontation between the U.S. and China, a rising power increasingly seeking to assert its influence abroad under President Xi Jinping, surged with Pelosi\u2019s visit and again this winter with the cross-U.S. journey of what the U.S. says was a Chinese spy balloon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3840\" height=\"2560\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095118119431.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74134\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095118119431.jpg.jpg 3840w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095118119431.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095118119431.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095118119431.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095118119431.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23095118119431.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3840px) 100vw, 3840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Protesters opposed to Taiwanese independence gather at a hotel where Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is expected to arrive in Los Angeles, Tuesday, April 4, 2023. (AP Photo\/Ringo H.W. Chiu)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taiwan and China split in 1949 after a civil war and have no official relations, although they are linked by billions of dollars in trade and investment. China regularly flies fighter planes and bombers near Taiwan to emphasize its stance that the island is obliged to eventually unite with the mainland, by force if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When President Jimmy Carter formally established diplomatic relations with the Beijing government. Congress responded by writing into law that the U.S. would nonetheless retain close ties with Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For their part, Taiwanese officials in the United States \u2013 and Taiwanese presidents on a succession of visits \u2013 aim for a delicate balance of maintaining warm relations with their powerful American allies, without overstepping their in-between status in the U.S , or unnecessarily provoking China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To that end, no Taiwanese flag flies over the former Taiwan Embassy in Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/thought-leadership\/2022\/12\/19\/washington-is-waking-up-on-taiwan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1242552571.jpg_fb13fa.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Washington is waking up on weapons for Taiwan<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The legislation includes much-needed guidance to the U.S. Defense and State Departments to prioritize the delivery of arms to Taiwan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Taiwanese presidents call their stops in the U.S. \u201ctransits\u201d rather than visits. They avoid Washington on their itineraries as well as any public meetings between their top-level officials and those of the U.S. on American U.S. soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy, who has seldom made forays into foreign policy, is trying to steer Republicans \u2013 and many Democrats \u2013 into taking a tougher approach to China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the newly elected House speaker, he started a Select Committee on China that is probing many aspects of Chinese actions in the U.S. and abroad. Joining him for the bipartisan meeting were the Republican chairman and ranking Democrat on that panel, along with the chairman of the Ways and Means Committee that handles tax policy important to Taiwan, and lawmakers who are military veterans and members of the Armed Services Committee, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The venue, at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley about 50 miles outside of Los Angeles and near McCarthy\u2019s own home district, evokes an era when the Republican Party played a more substantial role on global matters. In contrast, McCarthy\u2019s GOP includes a strong non-interventionist wing that is more skeptical of involving the U.S. overseas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers joined Republican McCarthy for the talks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential 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