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Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at Taoyuan International Airport, on Wednesday before she set off for a tour of Central America, which will involve transiting through the US. Photograph: Ritchie B Tongo/EPA Taiwan’s president has brushed off Beijing’s threat of retaliation if she meets House of Representatives speaker Kevin McCarthy when she touches down in the United States this week. China has warned it will view any meetings between Tsai Ing-wen and senior US politicians as a provocation that harms its sovereignty. “External pressure will not hinder our determination to go to the world,” Ms Tsai said as she left Taipei....
