House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taipei marking a significant show of support for Taiwan despite China's threats of retaliation over the visit.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taipei, marking a significant show of support for Taiwan despite China's threats of retaliation over the visit.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 visit.
China responded by announcing military exercises and with bellicose rhetoric warning that the speaker's visit "has a severe impact on the political foundation of China-U.S. relations, and seriously infringes upon China's sovereignty and territorial integrity." China frequently sends warplanes into Taiwan's self-declared ADIZ. The highest number of incursions ever recorded was on October 4 last year, when 56 military planes flew into the area on the same day. An ADIZ is unilaterally imposed and distinct from sovereign airspace, which is defined under international law as extending 12 nautical miles from a territory's shoreline.
Taipei Mayor Ko Wen-je also embraced Pelosi's visit but cautioned that the self-governing island should avoid being put "between a rock and hard place" in US-China relations. The American Institute in Taiwan said Pelosi's delegation will meet with senior Taiwanese leaders "to discuss US-Taiwan relations, peace and security, economic growth and trade, the Covid-19 pandemic, the climate crisis, human rights, democratic governance, and other significant issues of mutual interest."
"Obviously, we're going to be watching this closely. There is no reason for this visit to become a spurring event for a crisis or a conflict or for a pretext that the Chinese might try to whip up for some sort of military action," National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby said on CNN's "At this Hour with Kate Bolduan" on Tuesday.
"It's been unseemly and counterproductive for President Biden and his aides to have publicly sought to deter her from doing so," the Kentucky Republican said. "I welcome the speaker's display of support for Taiwan's democracy, but I hope she returns from Asia more mindful of the military dimensions of the Chinese threat, and more committed to working with Republican to address the changing balance of military power out in the region.
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