Top Republican McCarthy to meet Taiwanese president Tsai in California

WASHINGTON – Republican US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy said on Monday he would meet Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in California on Wednesday, a move China said would be a provocation. “On Wednesday, April 5, Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be hosting a bipartisan meeting with the President of Taiwan at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library,” his office announced in a statement. China has warned the United States that it is “playing with fire” over the trip by Ms Tsai, who is in New York on what is officially a transit stopover on her way to Latin America. She will…