Nancy Pelosi

2022 - 8 - 2

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Pelosi expected to visit Taiwan, Taiwanese and US officials say ... (CNN)

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan as part of her tour of Asia, according to a senior Taiwanese government official and a US official ...

But on the other hand, you could say maybe that's when Taiwan also needs to be shown the strength and the support." In 1991, Pelosi unfurled a black-and-white banner in Beijing's Tiananmen Square to commemorate victims of the 1989 massacre, which said, "To those who died for democracy." "On the Taiwan question, we have made our stance loud and clear," Pengyu said. Asked if the US was prepared for fallout with China over the visit, Kirby said that "there is no change to our policy. Officials also believe the Chinese leadership doesn't completely grasp the political dynamics in the United States, leading to a misunderstanding over the significance of Pelosi's potential visit. "And so if the speaker does decide to visit and China tries to create some kind of crisis or otherwise escalate tensions, that would be entirely on Beijing," Blinken said. This is an important trip for the speaker to be on and we're going to do whatever we can to support her," Kirby continued. Administration officials are concerned Pelosi's trip comes at a particularly tense moment, as Xi is expected to seek an unprecedented third term at the upcoming Chinese Communist Party congress. Biden said last month that the US military opposed Pelosi visiting Taiwan, though since then has refused to elaborate on the warnings. "Congress is an independent, coequal branch of government," Blinken said at the United Nations on Monday afternoon. "We would like to tell the US once again that China is standing by, and the Chinese People's Liberation Army will never sit idly by. Though China's military did not mention Taiwan, the People's Liberation Army's Eastern Theater Command said it would "bury incoming enemies" in a video posted online Monday showing off its weaponry and fighting tactics.

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China could make show of force if Pelosi visits Taiwan - US (BBC News)

US officials say China may fire missiles near Taiwan if top lawmaker Nancy Pelosi visits the island.

She has previously met pro-democracy dissidents and visited Tiananmen Square to commemorate victims of the 1989 massacre. There is no drama to talk to. On Monday, China's United Nations envoy Zhang Jun warned the visit would undermine relations between Beijing and Washington, Reuters news agency reported.

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Pelosi's expected Taiwan trip highlights her long defiance of Beijing (The Guardian)

Analysis: The House speaker, who stood up for activists in Tiananmen Square in 1991, has long seen the role as part of her job.

Chu said that was the beginning of decades of advocacy that has colored her view of US foreign policy, pointing to a version of the line she repeats often when asked about the subject. Pelosi has long been one of the most strident and outspoken critics of China, a position that has in the past allied her with conservatives. In recent years, Pelosi has emerged as a world leader in her own right, meeting frequently with heads of state to discuss global challenges, the climate crisis chief among them. Two years after Chinese troops with tanks crushed a pro-democracy demonstration in Tiananmen Square, Pelosi visited the site of the massacre alongside two other lawmakers. “This has to ultimately be about the aspirations of the Taiwanese people,” Chu said. During the Trump years, her diplomacy took on an even greater prominence as a high-profile counterweight to the former president’s isolationism. But on Monday, John Kirby, a spokesman for the defense department, said no one in the administration was seeking to change her mind about the trip. A possible Taiwan visit must “be seen through Pelosi’s view: this is not just symbolism,” Silverberg said. The sharp warnings from Beijing, implying that the visit could provoke a military response from China, have Washington on high alert. Pelosi has declined to confirm a visit, citing security concerns. Appearing on Fox News, Gingrich said he hoped Pelosi would make the trip. China, which claims Taiwan as its own province, has threatened unspecified consequences for the US should Pelosi make the trip.

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Nancy Pelosi's Planned Trip to Taiwan Enrages SF Anti-War Activists (The San Francisco Standard)

A coalition of Chinese Americans and anti-war activists accused the House speaker of picking a fight instead of delivering for her district.

She’s going with the flow, going with pushing U.S. hegemony to contain China. For what? But people really need her to focus on our needs here.” China.” Josh Koehn / The Standard “I mean, she’s made fun of Trump on our behalf. Josh Koehn / The Standard

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Chinese fighter jets fly close to Taiwan ahead of Nancy Pelosi's visit (Financial Times)

Taipei and Washington braced for violent reaction after Beijing warns it will 'not sit by idly'

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Pelosi Is Expected to Visit Taiwan, Ramping Up US-China Tensions (Bloomberg)

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan on Tuesday, defying Chinese authorities who have warned of consequences if the trip takes place, ...

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China-U.S. Tensions Escalate Over Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan Visit ... (The Wall Street Journal)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, second in line to the presidency, is making the highest-level trip in 25 years by a U.S. government official to Taiwan, ...

Mrs. Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan would heighten geopolitical tensions, presenting another risk for global investors, warned OCBC Research in a note this week.

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Pelosi arrives in Malaysia as tensions rise over possible Taiwan visit (NPR)

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday for the second leg of an Asian tour that has been overshadowed by an ...

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