A New Test for Xi Over US Ties With Taiwan

China predictably warned of unspecified retaliation if Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen meets US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the US. But Beijing has some good reasons to act with more restraint than it did last year.

Tsai left Taipei today for New York, where she’s expected to give a speech and hold some other events before flying on to Guatemala and Belize — two of the 13 diplomatic partners that Taiwan has left after Honduras formally switched recognition to Beijing this month.