Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has arrived in New York for a visit that has triggered threats of reprisal by China if she meets with House speaker Kevin McCarthy, and US warnings for Beijing not to overreact. “We urge the US side not to repeat playing with fire on the Taiwan question,” Xu Xueyuan, the charge d’affaires at the Chinese embassy in Washington told reporters.

 

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