McCarthy Courts Trouble in Retreat From Taiwan
A troubling signal about American resolve at a moment of heightened tension with Communist China.

Speaker McCarthyâs retreat from his avowed plan to travel to Free China to meet there with the president of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, sends a troubling message about American resolve at a moment of heightened tension with the Communist Chinese regime at Beijing. Mr. McCarthyâs volte-face, first reported by the Financial Times, is being framed as a request from Taiwan âto avoid an aggressive response from Beijing.â
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