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On Wednesday (local time), the President met the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, for talks. The encounter in California was the first of its kind on US soil.

In protest at the meeting, China imposed sanctions on US organizers of events involving Tsai. Among other things, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, where the meeting took place on Wednesday, was punished.

The communist leadership in Beijing regards the democratically governed island of Taiwan as part of the People’s Republic and is threatening to conquer it. A visit to Taiwan by McCarthy’s predecessor, Nancy Pelosi, in August had led to a serious crisis.

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen returned to Taiwan on the evening of the 7th and appealed diplomatic achievements in the United States and other countries.

Meanwhile, China has announced countermeasures, including sanctions on those involved.

After visiting two Central American countries and holding talks with Speaker of the House of Representatives McCarthy in the United States, President Tsai returned to Taiwan on the evening of the 7th and said, “We have shown the international community that we will never give in to oppression.” appealed.

Taiwan’s President Tsai: “Taiwan’s determination to defend democracy and freedom has gained the support of our democratic partners, and our friendship has been strengthened.”

Meanwhile, China has taken countermeasures by barring Taiwanese ambassador to the United States Xiao Meiqin and his family from traveling to China. It announced sanctions on its executives, including restricting exchanges with China.

According to paramedics, an Italian was killed and five other tourists injured in a suspected attack in the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv on Friday evening. According to the police, the assassin rammed a group of people with his car near the beach promenade. The vehicle overturned. A police officer noticed that the driver was trying to pull out a gun. Then he shot him.

Videos showed the followingmath of a “terror attack” that killed one person and injured others in Tel Aviv. In one of the clips, a car appears to be parked upside down in the middle of the street with the attacker “neutralised”.

The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on its Twitter account that “a report was received of a car colliding with a number of pedestrians in Tel Aviv.”

The attack comes amid escalating tensions in the region, and southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip have been hit by Israel.