Biden and Xi to speak this week as tensions between the two sides increase over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's apparent plan to visit Taiwan
Chinese officials said a visit by Pelosi would be viewed as a change in US policy and treated as a provocation.
But the possibility of a visit to Taiwan by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, the top congressional Democrat and second in line of succession to the presidency, has added fresh strain to the complicated relationship. They declined to provide details, but said that fighter jets, ships, surveillance assets and other military systems would likely be used to provide overlapping rings of protection for her flight to Taiwan and any time on the ground there.'Support for Taiwan'
Administration officials have privately stressed to Pelosi that traveling to Taiwan could further complicate a delicate status quo.
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