Taiwan president to visit US, Speaker meet unconfirmed
STORY: Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen will visit the United States on her way to and from Central America later this month.
A move China's foreign ministry strongly condemned on Tuesday (March 21).
But Taipei has not yet confirmed a meeting with Republican U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
A possible meeting would be seen as a less sensitive alternative to the Speaker visiting Taiwan, a trip he has previously said he hopes to make.
Sources tell Reuters that McCarthy intends to meet Tsai during the California leg of her visit.
She plans to leave Taipei on March 29 and return on April 7 - transiting through New York and Los Angeles while en route to Guatemala and Belize.
Taiwanese presidents routinely pass through the U.S. while visiting allies in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Pacific.
Though not official visits, the trips are often used by both sides for high-level meetings.
In Beijing, foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said China strongly opposed any contact between the U.S. and Taiwanese governments.
"...We again warn the Taiwan authorities that there is no way out for Taiwan independence, and any illusions about attempts to collude with external forces to seek independence and provocation is doomed to fail. China will firmly defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity."
China staged war games near Taiwan in August after a Taipei visit by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
It has also said the U.S. is colluding with Taiwan to challenge Beijing, and is giving support to those who want the island to declare formal independence.
Taiwan is China's most tense territorial issue and a major bone of contention with Washington.
The U.S., like most countries, has no formal diplomatic relations with Chinese-claimed Taiwan.
But is its most important international backer and arms supplier.
相關影片推薦
- 進擊的荷包進擊的荷包59,067 次觀看・1 週前
- 1:42離譜! 處方箋出現不雅字眼 基隆醫院發聲明道歉民視影音167,946 次觀看・18 小時前
- 5:12雨還沒完! 週五-週日降雨最劇烈 2鋒面接力華視影音9,435 次觀看・1 天前
- 2:23聲援巴勒斯坦運動蔓延全美大學 多所名校響應、抗議行動升級 學生、警方衝突陷混亂Yahoo奇摩(國際通)25,258 次觀看・7 小時前
- 1:26婚後婆媳相處狀況曝光 林志玲:我是灰姑娘|#鏡新聞鏡新聞43,256 次觀看・8 小時前
- 2:14比利時男子患罕病「自動釀酒症候群」身體自產酒精 酒駕獲判無罪Yahoo奇摩(國際通)36,440 次觀看・1 天前
- 2:04好險沒軟腳! 0403地震北市市中心大樓不穩跟著晃動民視影音54,860 次觀看・9 小時前
- 2:05雨彈炸中部! 中彰苗傳災情 氣象署:週五雨最大華視影音76,362 次觀看・1 天前
- 2:35西門町60年大樓外牆裝倒V鋼架 專家:防震關鍵華視影音57,907 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:10地震影響旅客轉往南部旅遊 小琉球民宿訂房滿到8月民視影音3,955 次觀看・9 小時前
熱門必看
- 5:43精華|結婚意願最高的同志星座?雙子超瘋一言不合就結婚!?唐綺陽談星室10,124 次觀看・13 小時前
- 10:362024巴黎奧運即將開打 先去希臘朝聖奧運起源地吧!Yahoo創作摩人7,854 次觀看・21 小時前
- 1:58LE SSERAFIM這首Easy的現場安可為什麼唱不好?第一個原因是音域!#學唱歌 #歌唱教學 #reaction #KPOP #lesserafim嘎老師 Miss Ga5,380 次觀看・4 天前
- 10:16【日本入境必看】VISIT JAPAN WEB 完整教學!2024 年最新版吉田社長交朋友22,367 次觀看・3 天前
- 0:16朝聖宜蘭網美咖啡廳!頭城開幕咖啡廳板橋Edenx食旅4,836 次觀看・2 天前