China Fumes as McCarthy Defies Warnings to Meet Taiwan President

China said on Thursday it would “take strong and resolute measures” in response to a historic meeting a day earlier between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan. “Through the past few days, in disregard of China’s serious representations and repeated warnings, the United States deliberately greenlighted the transit of Tsai Ing-wen, leader of the Taiwan region, through the United States,” China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. Beijing claims Taiwan as its own under its “one China principle.” The U.S., which broke off formal diplomatic ties with Taipei in 1979, maintains robust but unofficial relations with…