How McCarthy’s Meeting With Taiwan’s President Could Affect US-China Relations

Bonnie Glazer:

Of course, China is likely to show force, perhaps more so than when President Pelosi was in Taiwan.

At that time, they simulated the blockade. They fired missiles over Taiwan, some of which landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone. So we might see something similar. We’ve even seen the Chinese try to escalate tensions by, for example, trying to fly planes into Taiwan’s territorial airspace, which they didn’t do.

But, as you know, the Biden administration has urged Beijing not to overreact, because as you said, Tsai Ingwen is currently transiting the US for the seventh time.