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TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Chinese and Taiwanese militaries dispatched fighter jets, ordered military exercises and bolstered combat readiness as Taiwan prepared ...

“Tonight we call it fried chicken of democracy,” he said of his plan to hand out 100 portions. Lam said he was invited to attend an event Wednesday with the American Institute in Taiwan, the de facto U.S. Embassy, but was not told whether Pelosi would be there. “Pelosi’s visit now has a very different meaning,” said Chu Shulong, professor of political science and international relations at Tsinghua University, comparing Pelosi’s trip to Gingrich’s visit. “Taiwan will be the biggest winner. In the last Taiwan Strait crisis in 1995-1996, China sent missiles that landed near Taiwan. Pelosi would be the first House speaker to travel to Taiwan since Rep. Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) in 1997. “The United States should and must take full responsibility for this,” she said. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pledged to “reunify” Taiwan with China by force if necessary. Chinese maritime authorities, meanwhile, announced additional military exercises in the South China Sea and live-fire drills in the Bohai Sea, near the Korean Peninsula, this week. China banned food shipments on Monday from more than 100 Taiwanese exporters. Taiwanese media outlets reported that Pelosi was expected to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen, lawmakers and human rights activists on Wednesday. The impending visit has drawn outrage from China, which for years has sought to diplomatically isolate Taiwan and views such exchanges with high-level foreign dignitaries as support for the island’s formal independence.

Good morning. We start today with rising tensions between China and the US surrounding the planned trip by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. The 82-year-old ...

The likely imminent visit by the US House speaker to the self-ruled island claimed by China has drawn Beijing's ire.

Washington does not have official diplomatic ties with Taiwan but is bound by US law to provide the island with the means to defend itself. Beijing views visits by US officials to Taiwan as sending an encouraging signal to the pro-independence camp on the island. The likely imminent visit by the US House speaker to the self-ruled island claimed by China has drawn Beijing’s ire.

With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, tours the parliament house in Kuala Lumpur. Speaker Nancy Pelosi is scheduled ...

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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.

The island democracy governs itself, but China claims it as its territory. Rumors of Pelosi's visit launched a geopolitical firestorm amid escalating tensions ...

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taipei on Tuesday, marking a significant show of support for Taiwan despite China's threats of retaliation over the ...

"We support Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan," the Republicans said. Pelosi's stop in Taiwan was not listed on the itinerary of her congressional visit to Asia, but the stop had been discussed for weeks in the lead up to her trip. Secretary of State Antony Blinken also said Monday that the decision to visit Taiwan was the speaker's, noting there was past precedent of members of Congress -- including previous House speakers -- visiting. "It gravely undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and sends a seriously wrong signal to the separatist forces for 'Taiwan independence,'" the foreign ministry said. "America's solidarity with the 23 million people of Taiwan is more important today than ever, as the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy." Pelosi's stop in Taipei is the first time that a US House speaker has visited Taiwan in 25 years.

Beijing accuses House Speaker of stirring up trouble with highest-profile US visit in 25 years.

US politician's visit appears to prompt high levels of military movement among Chinese, Taiwanese and US militaries.

Pelosi is expected to stay in the Grand Hyatt hotel on the outskirts of Taipei city, before meeting Tsai on Wednesday morning. Taiwan officials would not comment on the highly anticipated visit before Pelosi’s arrival, other than to say it always welcomes the visits of foreign friends. Among the concerns about China’s reaction were fears it would send PLA aircraft to intercept or tail her plane into Taiwan’s airspace. On Tuesday afternoon, almost 300,000 people were tracking a US air force flight that was potentially carrying the speaker’s delegation. Some, including senior Taiwanese figures who spoke on condition of anonymity, expected any significant act to occur after Pelosi departed, to avoid a confrontation with US military assets. According to multiple social media posts it also drove dozens of tanks and other armoured vehicles through the Chinese mainland city of Xiamen, which is just three miles (5km) across the water from Taiwan’s outlying Kinmen Island.

Beijing had warned Washington that it would 'pay the price' if the US House speaker visited Taipei.

China will argue that it will take action at a timing of its own choosing, rather than reacting or dancing to the tune of external ‘provocations’,” Sung said. Four US naval ships, including one aircraft carrier, were deployed in the waters east of Taiwan before Pelosi’s arrival. “It will allow the government to show it’s being bullied by China and that it needs support from friendly nations like the US, Japan, and Australia,” Feingold said. “On the other hand, the use of force could backfire against China and further entrench Taiwanese voters’ views that China is the aggressor, as happened in 1996 during the Third Cross-Strait Crisis.” “The message China intends to send is that it has the ‘ability’ to respond, but whether it currently has the ‘intention’ to respond or not, is a different matter. “Chinese warships and fighters may cross over the median line in response to the visit, but they are unlikely to enter Taiwan’s national airspace or its territorial waters, as there is too high a risk of engaging Taiwanese air force fighters,” Lee said.

Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat from California, is speaker of the House of Representatives. Some 43 years ago, the United States Congress overwhelmingly passed ...

And throughout the mainland, the CCP continues to target and arrest activists, religious-freedom leaders and others who dare to defy the regime. America’s solidarity with Taiwan is more important today than ever — not only to the 23 million people of the island but also to millions of others oppressed and menaced by the PRC. Indeed, we take this trip at a time when the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy. Taiwan is a leader in governance: currently, in addressing the covid-19 pandemic and championing environmental conservation and climate action. In Tibet, the CCP has long led a campaign to erase the Tibetan people’s language, culture, religion and identity. The Taiwan Relations Act set out America’s commitment to a democratic Taiwan, providing the framework for an economic and diplomatic relationship that would quickly flourish into a key partnership.

The Pentagon has deployed four U.S. warships, including an aircraft carrier, in waters east of Taiwan.

The White House said Monday that it has no interest in escalating tensions with China and that it “will not take the bait or engage in saber rattling.” She also opposed China’s bid to host the 2008 Olympics and supported the 2019 pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. What we have said is that there is no reason that this visit should escalate tensions in any way whatsoever,” National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” Tuesday morning. Pelosi’s arrival in Taipei on Tuesday evening confirmed the speaker’s decision to go ahead with her visit — which had been reported on for weeks without official confirmation from her office — despite China’s threats. Local newspapers first reported that Pelosi would arrive in Taiwan Tuesday night and that she would spend the night there. The carrier, the USS Ronald Reagan, is positioned far from Taiwan, according to one U.S. official. Experts raised alarms over the exercise, with some noting that the drills would overlap with Taiwan’s territorial waters. The House speaker said in her Tuesday statement that the delegation’s discussions with Taiwan’s leaders “will focus on our support for our partner and on promoting our shared interests, including advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific region.” She also asserted that the visit “in no way contradicts longstanding United States policy.” In a Washington Post op-ed published just after her arrival in Taiwan, Pelosi wrote that the U.S. must stand by its vow in the Taiwan Relations Act — signed into law by President Jimmy Carter — to support the self-defense of Taiwan. She said the island republic is “under threat” by Beijing and that China has “dramatically intensified tensions with Taiwan” in recent years by ramping up military patrols and launching cyberattacks on Taiwanese government agencies. “We don’t support Taiwan independence, but we absolutely do support the right and the prerogative of congressional leaders to include Speaker Pelosi to visit Taiwan if that’s what she wants to do,” Kirby said on CNN after Pelosi touched down in Taiwan on Tuesday. Biden administration officials have also emphasized in recent days that the United States official position on Taiwan remains unchanged and that Pelosi would be one of many members of Congress that have visited Taiwan over the past few years. The Pentagon earlier Tuesday deployed four U.S. warships, including an aircraft carrier, in waters east of Taiwan on what the U.S. Navy said were routine deployments.

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan late on a trip immediately condemned by China condemned as a threat to peace and ...

"The USA is a state provocateur," Zakharova said. Russia - itself locked in confrontation with the West over its invasion of Ukraine - condemned Pelosi's visit. Four US warships, including the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, were positioned in waters east of Taiwan on what the US Navy called routine deployments. Pelosi, travelling with six other American lawmakers, is the first US House speaker to visit Taiwan since 1997. Chinese warplanes buzzed the line dividing the Taiwan Strait before her arrival. The ministry said it lodged a strong protest with the United States.