Two House Republicans to Meet With the Leader of Taiwan’s Beijing-Friendly Opposition Party

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two leading House Republicans are meeting with Taiwan’s Beijing-friendly opposition leader this week as she travels to Washington at a time when China is scrutinizing the Trump administration’s posture toward the self-ruled island it views as its own. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Brian Mast, R-Fla., and Rep. Young Kim, R-Calif., are planning to sit down with Cheng Li-wun, leader of the Kuomingtang Party, who has supported a peaceful reunification of Taiwan with Beijing. Mast, in an interview, said he didn’t have specific expectations for his meeting with Cheng but said as the chairman of the Foreign…