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China retaliated for the United States House speaker's meeting with the Taiwanese president by announcing sanctions on Friday against the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and other organizations, adding to strains over the self-ruled island democracy Beijing claims as part of its territory. Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy held talks on Wednesday with President Tsai Ing-wen at the Reagan library in Simi Valley, California, in defiance of Chinese warnings. McCarthy joined a growing series of foreign legislators who have met Tsai in a show of support for Taiwan in the face of Chinese intimidation. U.S.-Chinese relations have sunk to their lowest…
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