Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen will arrive in Los Angeles in the United States on June 2 after a visit to two Central American countries. On the 4th of the following day, he is scheduled to meet with Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives McCarthy, and China is strongly opposing it.
Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, who was visiting Guatemala and Belize in Central America, will visit Los Angeles in the United States on June 4 before returning to Taiwan.
On the 5th, he will visit the suburbs of Los Angeles to meet with Republican Speaker McCarthy, who took office in January, with a bipartisan group of lawmakers, and the two sides are expected to confirm the strengthening of cooperation.
Taiwan does not have official diplomatic relations with the United States, but it is not uncommon for the President to stop by the United States as a stopover.
However, according to the US media, this is the first time that the President of Taiwan will meet in the United States with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, who is the second most important position in the order of succession to presidential authority after the vice president.
Regarding the meeting between Chairman McCarthy and President Tsai, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs reiterated his opposition at a press conference on March 4, saying that he "firmly opposes it" and asked the U.S. side not to arrange meetings or contacts with U.S. dignitaries or officials.
China strongly objected to the visit of Ms. Pelosi, a Democrat who was then Speaker of the House of Representatives, to Taiwan in August last year, and increased military pressure by conducting large-scale military exercises around Taiwan.
The White House emphasized that "Tsai's visit to the United States is private and unofficial" and that "China should not be used as an excuse to increase aggressive activities around the Taiwan Strait."