“Thursday is Valentine’s Day in China,” says Taiwan expert Wen-Ti Sung. “They are showing Taiwan a bit of tough love.”
Nancy Pelosi stirred markets by visiting Taiwan this week. China is considering how it will retaliate to the trip,which could have long-term consequences.
The economic sanctions and military and diplomatic threats from Beijing escalated as the US speaker met with Taiwan’s legislature and President Tsai Ing-wen.
The rockstar reception that greeted the highest ranking US politician to visit in decades belied the high risks of Pelosi’s trip for US-China relations.
The US House Speaker landed in Taiwan late on Tuesday night,defying threats of retaliation from Beijing and criticism that her trip was reckless and provocative.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began her tour of Asia on Monday as China ramped up military exercises and a war propaganda campaign.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi pushed the bill but it will struggle in the Senate. And she all but confirmed she’s heading to Asia Pacific next week.
Republicans,Democrats and politicians elsewhere agree:the US Speaker of the House is within her rights to travel to the island Beijing calls its own.
The former Australian prime minister said it was hard to imagine “a more reckless and provocative act”.
Around 100 Ukrainian civilians were being evacuated from a ruined steelworks in the city of Mariupol on Sunday,Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
The former US president has voiced regret over not marching to the US Capitol the day his supporters stormed the building.