{"id":25626,"date":"2023-03-29T15:21:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/03\/29\/china-threatens-to-retaliate-if-mccarthy-meets-taiwan-leader\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:00:05","slug":"china-threatens-to-retaliate-if-mccarthy-meets-taiwan-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/2023\/03\/29\/china-threatens-to-retaliate-if-mccarthy-meets-taiwan-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"China threatens to retaliate if McCarthy meets Taiwan leader"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China threatened retaliation on Wednesday if U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with Taiwan\u2019s president during her upcoming trip through Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Tsai Ing-wen left Taiwan on Wednesday afternoon on a tour of the island\u2019s diplomatic allies in the Americas which she framed as a chance to demonstrate Taiwan\u2019s commitment to democratic values on the world stage.<\/p>\n\n\n<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link smg-interstitial-link--fallback wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/news\/your-military\/2022\/11\/29\/pentagon-sees-no-imminent-threat-to-taiwan-from-chinese-buildup\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__fallback-link\">Pentagon sees no imminent threat to Taiwan from Chinese buildup<\/a><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tsai is scheduled to transit through New York on Thursday before heading to Guatemala and Belize. She is expected to stop in Los Angeles on her way back to Taiwan on April 5, when a meeting with McCarthy is tentatively scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The planned meeting has triggered fears of a heavy-handed Chinese reaction amid heightened friction between Beijing and Washington over U.S. support for Taiwan and trade and human rights issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spokesperson for China\u2019s Taiwan Affairs Office, Zhu Fenglian, denounced Tsai\u2019s stopovers and demanded that no U.S. officials meet with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe firmly oppose this and will take resolute countermeasures,\u201d Zhu said at a news conference. The U.S. should \u201crefrain from arranging Tsai Ing-wen\u2019s transit visits and even contact with American officials and take concrete actions to fulfill its solemn commitment not to support Taiwan independence,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beijing claims self-governing Taiwan is part of its territory and threatens to bring the island under its control by force if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking later Wednesday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said China will \u201cclosely follow the development of the situation and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mao said the United States was \u201cconducting dangerous activities that undermine the political foundation of bilateral ties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McCarthy, a Republican from California, has said he will meet with Tsai when she is in the U.S. and has not ruled out the possibility of traveling to Taiwan in a show of support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2401\" height=\"1601\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23088176252529.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-74394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23088176252529.jpg.jpg 2401w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23088176252529.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23088176252529.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23088176252529.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23088176252529.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP23088176252529.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1366 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2401px) 100vw, 2401px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., talks to reporters at the Capitol in Washington on March 24, 2023. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-pelosi-taiwan-visit-explainer-fd940b681b9a4165d2ace569bbfe33fb\">visit by then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in 2022<\/a>, Beijing launched missiles over the area, deployed warships across the median line of the Taiwan Strait and carried out military exercises in a simulated blockade of the island. Beijing also suspended climate talks with the U.S. and restricted military-to-military communication with the Pentagon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tsai told reporters before boarding her plane that \u201cI want to tell the whole world democratic Taiwan will resolutely safeguard the values of freedom and democracy and will continue to be a force for good in the world, continuing a cycle of goodness, strengthening the resilience of democracy in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cExternal pressure will not obstruct our resolution to engage with the world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Diplomatic pressure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beijing has recently ramped up diplomatic pressure against Taiwan by poaching its dwindling number of diplomatic allies while also <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/taiwan-china-warplanes-us-tensions-af3f7aefba9cf5724fa121249ac64d28\">sending military fighter jets flying toward the island<\/a> on a near-daily basis. Earlier this month, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/china-honduras-diplomatic-ties-taiwan-bf5c143768814fb6f9f3beff34f611d7\">Honduras established diplomatic relations with China,<\/a> leaving Taiwan with only 13 countries that recognize it as a sovereign state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. administration officials in a call with reporters ahead of Tsai\u2019s arrival underscored that her transit is in line with what she and her predecessors have done in the past. Tsai has made six transits through the U.S. \u2014 stopovers that have included meetings with members of Congress and members of the Taiwanese diaspora &#8212; during her presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive visit, said Tsai is also expected to meet with American Institute in Taiwan chair Laura Rosenberger. AIT is the U.S. government-run nonprofit that carries out unofficial relations with Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One official added that \u201cthere is absolutely no reason\u201d for Beijing to use Tsai\u2019s stopover \u201cas an excuse or a pretext to carry out aggressive or coercive activities aimed at Taiwan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Beijing sees official American contact with Taiwan as encouragement to make the island\u2019s decades-old de facto independence permanent, a step U.S. leaders say they don\u2019t support. Pelosi was the highest-ranking elected American official to visit the island since then-Speaker Newt Gingrich in 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/intel-geoint\/isr\/2023\/02\/27\/china-protests-us-navy-surveillance-planes-taiwan-strait-flight\/\" 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:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7647783.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 protests US Navy surveillance plane\u2019s Taiwan Strait flight<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The U.S. 7th Fleet said a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon transited the Taiwan Strait in international airspace on Monday.<\/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\">Under its \u201cone China\u201d policy, the U.S. acknowledges Beijing\u2019s view that it has sovereignty over Taiwan, but considers Taiwan\u2019s status as unsettled. Taiwan is an important partner for Washington in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. officials are increasingly worried about China attempting to make good on its long-stated goal of bringing Taiwan under its control. The sides split at the end of a civil war in 1949 and Beijing sees U.S. politicians\u2019 visits as conspiring with Tsai\u2019s pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party to make the separation permanent and stymy China\u2019s rise as a global power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1979 Taiwan Relations Act, which has governed U.S. relations with the island, does not require Washington to step in militarily if China invades but makes it American policy to ensure Taiwan has the resources to defend itself and to prevent any unilateral change of status by Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tensions spiked earlier this year when U.S. President Joe Biden ordered a Chinese spy balloon shot down after it traversed the continental United States. The Biden administration has also said U.S. intelligence findings show that China is weighing sending arms to Russia for its war in Ukraine, but has no evidence Beijing has done so yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">China, however, has provided Russia with an economic lifeline and political support, and President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met in Moscow earlier this month. That was the first face-to-face meeting between the allies since before Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine more than a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden administration postponed a planned visit to Beijing by Secretary of State Antony Blinken following the balloon controversy but has signaled it would like to get such a visit back on track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao said the blame for tensions lies squarely with Washington for boosting relations with Tsai. Beijing has frozen almost all contacts with Tsai\u2019s administration since shortly after she was elected to the first of her two terms in 2016.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is not that China overreacts. It is that the U.S. kept emboldening Taiwan independence forces, which is egregious in nature,\u201d Mao said at a daily briefing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tsai\u2019s state visits coincide with a 12-day trip to China by her predecessor, Ma Ying-jeou, of the pro-unification Nationalist Party, in an appeal to voters whose descendants arrived with Chiang Kai-shek\u2019s defeated forces in 1949.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ma has been visiting sites in the former Nationalist capital of Nanjing and emphasizing historical and cultural links between the sides, while avoiding the politically sensitive topics of China\u2019s determination to eliminate Taiwan\u2019s international presence and refusal to recognize its government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tsai is barred from seeking a third term and her party is widely expected to nominate Vice President Lai Ching-te to run for the presidency in 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