House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday, a historic event that comes amid warnings from China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
McCarthy’s office shared details of the meeting in a statement Monday morning, indicating that the California Republican will host a bipartisan meeting with Tsai at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. The bipartisan group will include Rep. Pete Aguilar of California, who is a member of the Democratic leadership, and the leaders of the select committee on China, among others, according to a copy of the guest list obtained by CNN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Taiwan’s official Central News Agency also reported Monday that Tsai would meet with McCarthy, citing the island’s presidential office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The meeting has been long overdue and is all but guaranteed to shake up the tense US-China relationship, made even more tense after a Chinese spy balloon floated over North America and was later shot down by warplanes. American combat in February.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
CNN previously reported that Tsai is visiting Central America on a diplomatic mission that includes stops in the US China has vowed to “resolutely strike back” should a meeting between Tsai and McCarthy take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
China’s ruling Communist Party claims autonomous island democracy as part of its territory even though it has never controlled it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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