When Democrat Nancy Pelosi, then leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, visited Taiwan in August, China launched the largest-ever military exercises around the island it considers a rebel province – and which it has not ruled out taking by force. to recover. Now the speakership is held by Republican Kevin McCarthy, who today meets with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen during a stopover she will make in California after visiting two allied countries in Central America .
Beijing is against the meeting and warned the US against repeating “disastrous mistakes of the past,” in reference to Pelosi’s visit, and pledged to defend its sovereignty. He also warned that the fact that the third figure of the US state – after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris – to receive Tsai does not contribute to “regional peace, security or stability”, moreover, it is not in the interest of the people of China, as well as the people of the USA.
Source: DN
