The Briefing Room

General Category => World News => China => Topic started by: libertybele on April 06, 2023, 07:42:46 pm

Title: McCarthy, After Meeting With Taiwan's President: 'Today, We Stood Up to China'
Post by: libertybele on April 06, 2023, 07:42:46 pm

McCarthy, After Meeting With Taiwan's President: 'Today, We Stood Up to China'

China, already furious about House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's meeting with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on her "transit" through the United States, has new fodder for complaint on Thursday.

A bipartisan congressional delegation, led by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), arrived in Taiwan overnight.

"While there, the delegation will meet with Taiwanese business leaders, as well as senior Taiwanese officials from the executive and legislative branches to discuss ways the U.S. can strengthen our economic and defense relationship with Taiwan in the face of growing threats in the region," McCaul said in a statement.

The Americans' visit to Taiwan comes a day after McCarthy met with President Tsai at the Reagan Library:

"Today, we stood up to China," McCarthy told Fox News's Laura Ingraham Wednesday night.................

https://cnsnews.com/article/international/susan-jones/mccarthy-after-meeting-taiwans-president-today-we-stood-china

Title: Re: McCarthy, After Meeting With Taiwan's President: 'Today, We Stood Up to China'
Post by: Kamaji on April 06, 2023, 07:45:34 pm

We shall see about that.

Title: Re: McCarthy, After Meeting With Taiwan's President: 'Today, We Stood Up to China'
Post by: berdie on April 06, 2023, 10:31:08 pm

Quote from: Kamaji on April 06, 2023, 07:45:34 pm

We shall see about that.

My thoughts exactly.

Title: Re: McCarthy, After Meeting With Taiwan's President: 'Today, We Stood Up to China'
Post by: DefiantMassRINO on April 06, 2023, 10:33:13 pm

Not while the Chi-coms own US Debt and iPhones are still manufactured in PRC.