"US House Speaker Hosts Taiwan President in High-Profile Meeting"

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will host a meeting with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, despite Chinese warnings against such a meeting. This is the first time a Taiwanese leader will meet with a US House of Representatives Speaker on US soil. McCarthy had previously expressed his desire to visit Taiwan, but this meeting is seen as a less provocative alternative. The White House has urged China to not use Tsai's "normal" stopover in the US as a pretext to increase aggressive activity against Taiwan.