China threat over Taiwan leader’s US visit plans

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. Pic/AP

China threatened "resolute countermeasures" over a planned meeting between Taiwan's president and the United States House speaker during an upcoming trip through Los Angeles.

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Diplomatic pressure against Taiwan has ramped up recently, with Beijing poaching Taipei's dwindling number of diplomatic allies while also sending military fighter jets toward the island. President Tsai Ing-wen left Taiwan Wednesday afternoon on her 10-day tour of the Americas. "I want to tell the whole world democratic Taiwan will resolutely safeguard the values of freedom and democracy, and will continue to be a force for good in the world, continuing a cycle of goodness, strengthening the resilience of democracy in the world," she told reporters. "External pressure will not obstruct our resolution to engage with the world."

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