China threatens retaliation if US House speaker meets Taiwan president


BEIJING/TAIPEI (Reuters): China threatened to retaliate on Wednesday (March 29) if US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen during her planned transit of the United States next month, saying any such move would be a "provocation".

China, which claims democratically-ruled Taiwan as its own territory, has repeatedly warned US officials not to meet Tsai, viewing it as support for the island's desire to be seen as a separate country.

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