Rival protests in Los Angeles as Taiwan’s president arrives for visit

Tsai Ing-wen to meet the US House speaker, Kevin McCarthy, which China has called a ‘provocation’Pro- and anti-Taiwan protesters gathered at Los Angeles airport for the arrival of Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, before a meeting scheduled for Wednesday with the US House speaker, Kevin McCarthy.Protesters also crowded outside Tsai’s LA hotel on Tuesday evening, banging drums, chanting and holding Taiwanese flags and photos of the president, who shook hands with supporter