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Taiwan has remained calm in the face of China "deliberately" raising tensions, President Tsai Ing-wen told an event during a stopover in New York that so far, according to Taipei and Washington, has not triggered unusual military actions by China.

Taiwan’s Tsai Ing-wen’s stopover in the US is ‘normal’ and consistent with long-standing US policy, White House says.

US says meeting should not be an excuse to carry out aggressive action against Taiwan

China threatened to retaliate on Wednesday 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…

President Joe Biden said he’s willing to meet with the speaker after the Easter recess if the GOP can produce its budget before then.

China has threatened “resolute countermeasures" over a planned meeting between Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen and United States House Speaker Kevin McCarthy during an upcoming transit visit in Los Angeles by the head of the self-governing island democracy China claims as its own territory

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is expected to meet US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California next month.

Beijing has urged the US not to allow Tsai Ing-wen to transit through the US, saying it would be a ‘provocation’

Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen arrived in New York on a sensitive U.S. stopover on Wednesday, vowing en route not to let external pressure prevent the island from engaging with the world after China threatened retaliation if she met U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.