Taiwan Prez says democracy under threat while meeting US House Speaker

Washington, April 6 (IANS) During her meeting with US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in California, visiting Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen issued a dire warning and said that “democracy is under threat”. The highly-anticipated meeting took place on Wednesday at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley amid warnings from China about a “serious confrontation” as retaliation to the talks. This was the second time Tsai met a top American lawmaker in less than a year, following a visit from then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan in August 2022, reports CNN. She is also the first president of Taiwan to…