Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said on March 29 that “external pressure” from China will not stop her from engaging with world leaders after Beijing threatened retaliation if she met U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calf.).
“External pressure will not hinder our determination to go to the world,” Tsai told reporters as she left for the United States. “We are calm and confident, will neither yield nor provoke. Taiwan will firmly walk on the road of freedom and democracy and go into the world. Although this road is rough, Taiwan is not alone.”
Tsai’s comments came shortly after the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) threatened to retaliate if she met with McCarthy during her 10-day upcoming trip to Guatemala and Belize—two of only 13 countries maintaining formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan….