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China warned that it was closely monitoring Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen’s visit to the U.S. after she arrived in New York on Wednesday, warning it would “resolutely safeguard our sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
“China firmly opposes any form of official interaction between the U.S. and Taiwan,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters at a daily briefing on Thursday. “China will continue to closely follow the situation and resolutely safeguard our sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Tsai will go from New York to Central America, and then is expected to make another stop in California next week on her way back to Asia.
In California, she is slated to meet with Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.
