Following her recent trip to Central America, Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen met with U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional members in California in a move that has jeopardized cross-Straits relations and heightened tensions between China and the U.S. What are the consequences of the highly controversial meeting? And what are the prospects for cross-Straits relations in light of the current tensions? Guests in this episode are independent current affairs commentator Einar Tangen, former Taiwan legislator Joanna Lei and senior fellow of the Center for International Strategy and Security of Tsinghua University Zhou Bo.