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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has welcomed Taiwan's president in a rare high-level meeting on U.S. soil. It was a face-to-face session with President Tsai Ing-wen that risks anger from China. More than a dozen Democratic and Republican lawmakers joined Republican McCarthy for the talks at southern California’s Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. The meeting underscored strong support among U.S. lawmakers for the self-ruled island as tensions rise with rival China. For Tsai it's the most sensitive stop on a weeklong journey meant to shore up alliances with the U.S. and Central America. China views any interaction between U.S. and Taiwanese officials as a challenge to its claim to the island as its territory.