1.媒體來源:
Financial Times 英國金融時報
2.記者署名:
Kathrin Hille (台北)
Demetri Sevastopulo (華府)
3.完整新聞標題:
Speaker Kevin McCarthy to meet Taiwan’s president in US to avoid
China’s ire
美國眾議院議長麥卡錫 (Kevin McCarthy) 將和台灣總統在美國見面
以避免來自中國的怒火
4.完整新聞內文:
Two sides agree to meet in California, with Tsai Ing-wen also due
to speak at Reagan Library
副標：
雙方同意在加州會面，蔡英文也將在加州雷根總統紀念圖書館發表談話。
Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen has convinced US Speaker of
the House Kevin McCarthy to meet in California instead of in
Taipei in a bid to avoid an aggressive response from Beijing.
McCarthy, a California Republican who became Speaker in January,
had said last summer that he intended to visit Taiwan if elected
to the leadership post.
But he and Tsai have now agreed to meet in California instead, to
avoid a demonstration of force by the People’s Liberation Army
similar to when then-speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in
August.
Pelosi’s visit was only the second Taiwan visit by a Speaker
since Newt Gingrich in 1997. After her trip, the People’s
Liberation Army held huge exercises, including firing missiles
over Taiwan for the first time.
Tsai’s reluctance to have McCarthy visit signals the impact of
China’s military posturing to constrain Taiwan and undermine its
de facto independence.
“We shared some intelligence about what the Chinese Communist
party is recently up to and the kinds of threats they pose,” a
senior Taiwanese official said about information Taipei had
provided to McCarthy’s team.
The official said China was “not in a good situation right now”
and that it seemed more and more decisions would be made by Xi
Jinping and his inner circle.
Tsai will visit both California and New York in early April as
part of a trip to Central America. She has also decided to accept
an invitation to speak at the Reagan Library in southern
California, according to several people including a senior
Taiwanese official.
The Taiwanese president, whose term ends in January, also visited
the Reagan Library in 2018 and made remarks but not a formal
speech.
McCarthy’s office declined to comment. The Ronald Reagan
Presidential Foundation and Institute confirmed that it had
invited Tsai to speak.
The People’s Republic of China claims Taiwan as its territory
although it has never ruled the island.
簡略翻譯：
考慮到目前中國的複雜情勢，為了避免在 Pelosi 訪台後不久再度有眾議院
議長訪台，雙方同意將會面地點改到美國加州。
理想的時間點將落在今年四月，蔡英文將訪問中南美並過境美國。過去蔡英文
在 2018 年也曾造訪雷根圖書館，但僅發表非正式的談話。
此次過境美國，蔡英文將造訪紐約和加州。雷根圖書館也證實已經邀請蔡英文
發表演說。
雖然目前 McCarthy 辦公室仍不願證實目前的計畫，但這次的會面將是本次美
國期中選舉前 McCarthy 曾許諾造訪台灣的另類實現。
5.完整新聞連結 (或短網址)不可用YAHOO、LINE、MSN等轉載媒體:
https://www.ft.com/content/69b627fc-ab7f-4b19-9ea3-5c308d81c6ef
6.備註:
英國野雞雜誌都不可信了
遑論野雞報紙？