Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, is expected to meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in California later on Wednesday.
McCarthy has confirmed he will meet Tsai at a “bipartisan” event at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, about 64km (40 miles) north of the centre of Los Angeles.
Taiwan now has only 13 formal allies with Beijing stepping up efforts to isolate the island on the international stage [Taiwan Presidential Office/Handout via Reuters]Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen travelled to Guatemala, one of Taiwan’s two remaining formal allies in Central America [Guatemala Presidency/Handout via Reuters]
