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Risking China's ire, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomes Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen to a high-level meeting on United States soil as a "great friend of America" in a fraught show of US support.
The moment is historic — a U.S. House speaker meeting with the president of Taiwan for a rare visit on American soil. The high-profile encounter Wednesday between Taiwanese President Tsai
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy welcomed Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen for a historic meeting on U.S. soil Wednesday.
Both ignore calls from hard-liners in the U.S. for a more confrontational stance toward China.
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The meeting comes against the backdrop of heightened U.S. focus on China over its actions at home and abroad, particularly its claims over the island of Taiwan.