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Nancy Pelosi's looming Taiwan trip is a high-risk, high-reward ... (ABC News)

With US President Joe Biden left on the sidelines, it's the legacy building by both Nancy Pelosi and Xi Jinping that has brought things to a head, ...

We are ready at any moment" screamed one headline this week — and for all the military drills he has ordered, such as four live-fire exercises this week, Xi has still come up short. "China is losing the diplomatic game and the PR game and they are definitely losing their bid for the hearts and minds of people in Taiwan," Dr Tok said. For all the war talk he has fanned— "Prepare for war! "It would definitely be a big punch in the face for Beijing, and anything of that sort would constitute a victory for Tsai Ing-wen. From the perspective of Taiwan's government, the trip is a much-needed show of support from Washington in the face of increasing Chinese diplomatic and military pressure on the self-ruled island. Pelosi, who is third in the line of succession to the presidency, is on a tour through Asia, with Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan on the itinerary.

Taiwan braces for Chinese show of force, with Pelosi set to visit (The Washington Post)

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.

Pelosi has landed in Taiwan. Here's why that's a big deal (NPR)

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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Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan amid soaring tensions with China (The Guardian)

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.

Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taipei as China sends fighter jets to the ... (The Sydney Morning Herald)

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 ...

Beijing claims self-governed Taiwan is a province of the mainland, despite the Chinese Communist Party never having ruled the neighbouring democratic island of 23 million people. Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. “Our visit is one of several Congressional delegations to Taiwan – and it in no way contradicts longstanding United States policy. Chinese government-controlled media said China’s air force jets had entered the Taiwan Strait moments before Pelosi touched down. Pelosi is the highest-ranking serving US official to visit Taipei in decades and the highest-ranking to meet with Tsai. In its first economic response to what China’s Foreign Ministry had labelled “a violation of China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” China on Tuesday blocked the importation of 180 Taiwanese foods including drinks and pineapple cakes and began live-fire exercises off its north-eastern coast.

Nancy Pelosi to arrive in Taiwan amid tensions with China and US (ABC)

Ms Pelosi will be the highest profile American politician to visit in 25 years. Bill Birtles reports.