China threatens action after US House Speaker McCarthy welcomes Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen
- last year
China claims sovereignty over Taiwan, which it considers a rogue province.
The United States meanwhile has long maintained a "strategic ambiguity" on the matter, trying to dissuade China from invading the island, while at the same time discouraging Taiwanese leaders from declaring independence.
The United States meanwhile has long maintained a "strategic ambiguity" on the matter, trying to dissuade China from invading the island, while at the same time discouraging Taiwanese leaders from declaring independence.