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> China has threatened to "Resolutely fight back" if US House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen during her planned transit through the United States.

> Taiwan's armed forces have said they are keeping watch for any Chinese moves when Tsai is abroad. Zhu Fenglian, spokesperson of China's Taiwan Affairs Office, told reporters in Beijing that Tsai's "Transits" of the US were not just her waiting at the airport or hotel, but for her to meet US officials and legislators.

> "Such visits are a reaffirmation of US support for Taiwan at a time when critics of the Tsai administration - and the CCP - strive to sow doubt about the reliability and commitment of the US as a partner to Taiwan," J Michael Cole, a Taipei-based adviser with the International Republican Institute, told Al Jazeera.

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