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US should reject China’s Kamala Harris-for-Kevin McCarthy Taiwan compromise

By Tom Rogan
Published March 10, 2023 8:36pm ET
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US should reject China’s Kamala Harris-for-Kevin McCarthy Taiwan compromise
China conducts live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan. | Xinhua via AP

Anticipating a visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) — still to be planned and scheduled — China is offering a compromise. In return for allowing McCarthy to visit Taiwan without the sort of military reaction that followed Nancy Pelosi’s 2022 visit to the island democracy, China wants Vice President Kamala Harris to visit Beijing simultaneously.

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