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The benchmark Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Index declined as much as 2.1%. Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. sank 3.1%. China views Taiwan as ...

The White House urged China not to escalate tensions with the US in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's expected visit to Taiwan, signaling the Biden ...

Police detained 14 employees of the Rainbow Creative Co for questioning over the alleged vandalism, including the company's head, Wei Pi-Jen, who defended their ...

Under contract with the Taichung city government, the Rainbow Creative Co has maintained and operated the village as a tourism venture for almost 10 years, while Huang has continued to live on site. The Rainbow Village is a former military housing estate in the city of Taichung, on Taiwan’s central western coast. Police detained 14 employees of the Rainbow Creative Co for questioning over the alleged vandalism, including the company’s head, Wei Pi-Jen, who defended their actions as a protest rather than “malicious destruction”. They were released on Sunday.

Military and diplomatic efforts limit Beijing to angry bluster. Nancy Pelosi reacts after signing the CHIPS For America Act during a bill enrollment ceremony ...

“I do think there will be some form of retaliation,” Fritz said. “PLA Air Force aircraft [could shadow] her flight into or out of Taiwan…but there wouldn’t be any interaction,” Murrett said. That rhetoric reflects the Chinese government’s efforts to push back on long-established standards of U.S. engagement with the self-governing island. “Part of our responsibilities is to make sure that she can travel freely and securely and I can assure you that she will,” National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said Monday, without elaborating. That tough-on-Taiwan policy is key to Xi’s credibility as he seeks an unprecedented third term as China’s leader this fall. Beijing has strongly protested Pelosi’s Taiwan visit and issued lurid warnings of a stern Chinese response. But the PLA is expected to flex some muscle in the Taiwan Strait — something that Chinese state media can trumpet as a symbol of Xi’s iron resolve — and which projects power over Taiwan without risking military confrontation. “The fairly aggressive statements we’ve had from China over the past few weeks are probably more for domestic than international [consumption] — the Chinese leadership cannot be seen as backing down in any shape or form,” said Ret. Vice Adm. Robert B. Murrett, professor of practice at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School. “President Xi can’t be seen as backing down from what could be viewed as a challenge by the speaker’s visit to Taiwan and at the same time, politically, the Congress and the [Biden] administration can’t be viewed as backing down, either.” U.S. congressional delegation visits to Taiwan are routine and U.S. law — the 2018 Taiwan Travel Act — authorizes “officials at all levels of the United States government … to meet their Taiwanese counterparts.” But the Chinese Communist Party considers “ reunification with Taiwan,” a territory that the CCP has never ruled, a “historical task.” And Chinese President Xi Jinping has ramped up pressure on the island with a relentless campaign of hostility since the 2016 election of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen of the pro-independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party. “In advance of her arrival in Taiwan, the U.S. will relay detailed information about Speaker Pelosi’s flight plans to China’s military,” said Craig Singleton, senior China fellow at the nonprofit Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “U.S. officials will also message, publicly, and privately, the trip’s very limited goals and Washington’s continued adherence to its ‘One China’ policy … [and] work to shape and downplay the media coverage surrounding the trip.” “A visit to Taiwan by her would constitute a gross interference in China’s internal affairs ... and lead to a very serious situation and grave consequences,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said Monday.

Analysis: The House speaker, who stood up for activists in Tiananmen Square in 1991, has long seen the role as part of her job.

Chu said that was the beginning of decades of advocacy that has colored her view of US foreign policy, pointing to a version of the line she repeats often when asked about the subject. Pelosi has long been one of the most strident and outspoken critics of China, a position that has in the past allied her with conservatives. In recent years, Pelosi has emerged as a world leader in her own right, meeting frequently with heads of state to discuss global challenges, the climate crisis chief among them. Two years after Chinese troops with tanks crushed a pro-democracy demonstration in Tiananmen Square, Pelosi visited the site of the massacre alongside two other lawmakers. “This has to ultimately be about the aspirations of the Taiwanese people,” Chu said. During the Trump years, her diplomacy took on an even greater prominence as a high-profile counterweight to the former president’s isolationism. But on Monday, John Kirby, a spokesman for the defense department, said no one in the administration was seeking to change her mind about the trip. A possible Taiwan visit must “be seen through Pelosi’s view: this is not just symbolism,” Silverberg said. The sharp warnings from Beijing, implying that the visit could provoke a military response from China, have Washington on high alert. Pelosi has declined to confirm a visit, citing security concerns. Appearing on Fox News, Gingrich said he hoped Pelosi would make the trip. China, which claims Taiwan as its own province, has threatened unspecified consequences for the US should Pelosi make the trip.

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.

Three people familiar with the situation said the US House speaker would meet Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei as part of a wider visit to Asia that began in ...

“They have been raising the pressure a lot recently,” said a second senior Taiwanese official. The US military has been preparing to protect Ms Pelosi, who is flying on a US Air Force aircraft. We’re going to make sure that she has a safe and secure visit.” This could trigger a dangerous situation because the US military would be compelled to intervene to protect Ms Pelosi and her delegation. “These potential steps … could include military provocations, such as firing missiles in the Taiwan Strait.” Beijing opposes all visits by US legislators to Taiwan, over which it claims sovereignty.

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.

A coalition of Chinese Americans and anti-war activists accused the House speaker of picking a fight instead of delivering for her district.

She’s going with the flow, going with pushing U.S. hegemony to contain China. For what? But people really need her to focus on our needs here.” China.” Josh Koehn / The Standard “I mean, she’s made fun of Trump on our behalf. Josh Koehn / The Standard

Traders are bracing for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's expected arrival in Taipei Tuesday to raise tensions with China, with stocks sliding and global ...

Ten-year Treasury yields dropped for a fifth day and approached 2.5%, a level last seen in April. The Taiwan dollar hit its lowest since May 2020. Traders are bracing for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s expected arrival in Taipei Tuesday to raise tensions with China, with stocks sliding and global havens the yen and Treasuries climbing. Taiwan’s benchmark stock index fell as much as 2.1%, Hong Kong and Chinese shares slumped, while the Japanese currency touched a two-month high.

Indexes in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Australia dip ahead of expected trip.

The Biden administration has said it does not support independence for Taiwan or changing the “one China” policy, but that Pelosi has the right to visit the island. China’s Communist Party considers self-ruled Taiwan its territory and has promised to achieve “reunification” with the mainland by force if necessary, although the party has never had control of the island. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index dipped 2.5 percent.

US House speaker is expected to arrive in Taiwan on Tuesday in a controversial visit likely to increase tensions between Beijing and Washington.

In a lengthy phone call last week, China’s president Xi Jinping warned US president Joe Biden against “playing with fire” over Taiwan, while officials have repeatedly said the PLA would not “stand idly by” over the visit. The CCP strongly objects to foreign shows of support for what it says is a “separatist” government in Taiwan, especially from the US. He noted visits by previous speakers and other members of Congress to Taiwan, and urged calm from China. “A visit to Taiwan by her would constitute a gross interference in China’s internal affairs, seriously undermine China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, wantonly trample on the one-China principle,” he said. Taiwan, whose government has refused to comment on the visit, often welcomes foreign delegations as it seeks to grow its international relationships. Multiple media reports have said Pelosi will land in Taipei on Tuesday night and meet Taiwan’s president on Wednesday, as an unofficial stop during her Asia tour.

Taipei and Washington braced for violent reaction after Beijing warns it will 'not sit by idly'

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday for the second leg of an Asian tour that has been overshadowed by an ...

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In 1949, Mao Zedong's Chinese Communist Party took power across mainland China, and Chiang's Nationalists fled to Taiwan with around two million people, ...

The framing of a battle of wills between Washington and Beijing is so compelling that we overlook the fact that Taiwan is not a bystander in this. This episode will become another reference point for how the US deals with Chinese threats and intimidation, and how far Washington will go to support and defend Taiwan. The US needs to be clearer about its willingness to stand up for Taiwan. China’s systematic approach to political messaging puts it ahead of the US and allies that are hesitant to publicly state their positions. Alex: This is a quiet nightmare for Australia. In line with US strategic ambiguity, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has had to remain vague about potential Australian involvement in a conflict. From its point of view, Beijing must impose a cost on Taiwan and the US, demonstrate its power and resolution to the world, and satisfy nationalistic clamour at home. The Taiwanese people would generally welcome Pelosi’s visit, especially against the backdrop of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. For Taiwan, China’s increasingly aggressive posturing and mid-term plans to invade make US strategic ambiguity increasingly less helpful. Alex: Beijing has painted itself into a corner, raising expectations for an unprecedented response through shrill rhetoric, including the threat that ‘those who play with fire will perish by it’. It’s worth recalling some recent benchmarks: former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott’s visit to Taiwan in October prompted PLAAF incursions, and former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo’s visit in March was disrupted by widespread power outages, highlighting the risk of a hybrid attack that Beijing could deny involvement in. On that basis, I think it was right for the White House to maintain a more measured tone than Beijing after last week’s Biden–Xi phone call, reiterating that US policy has not changed and the US continues to oppose any unilateral attempt to change the status quo. To reverse course now would be seen as kowtowing to Chinese coercion and encourage China to repeat its tactic whenever any high-profile figure considers travelling to Taiwan. But I take a more charitable view of strategic ambiguity, which I think has been a pragmatic response to unique circumstances—dissuading Taiwan from declaring independence, while providing sufficient deterrence so that China has not risked invasion, at least not yet. It’s important to understand that while reunification is a term used by the PRC, Taiwan has never been ruled by communist China. China will likely view this internal dispute as a sign of weakness and question US commitment. Three of ASPI’s China experts, Samantha Hoffman, Yvonne Lau and Alex Bristow, analyse the players, stakes and potential consequences of such a visit.

The escalation ahead of Pelosi's visit sent markets in China tumbling and the Shanghai Composite and Hang Seng Index falling by more than 3 per cent.

Get a note directly from our foreign correspondents on what’s making headlines around the world. But analysts are concerned that Pelosi’s visit could escalate the dispute beyond trade sanctions. Pelosi will be the highest-ranking serving US official to visit Taipei and meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in decades. Beijing claims self-governed Taiwan is a province of the mainland despite the Chinese Communist Party never having ruled the neighbouring democratic island of 24 million people. China’s customs authority announced overnight that it would suspend the importation of 180 products including cakes, biscuits and pineapple juices. The 82-year-old Pelosi is second in the presidential line of succession and her visit has been viewed by Beijing as an endorsement of Taiwan’s government by the Biden administration.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — For Taiwan, a successful visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week is about more than avoiding an immediate crisis in the Taiwan Strait ...

According to Taiwanese survey data, only 35 of those polled in March were confident that the United States would intervene, down from 65 percent in November. For Tsai and many others within her Democratic Progressive Party, raising Taiwan’s international status is not, as Beijing charges, a change in the status quo. Chinese President Xi Jinping “faces a dilemma to optimize the robustness of China’s response to Pelosi’s visit,” Sung said. Taiwanese analysts expect that China will go beyond large-scale military drills and adopt various forms of economic coercion to punish Taiwan for the visit. Chinese scholars claim these represent a change in the United States’ one China policy, which neither challenges nor endorses Beijing’s sovereignty claims over Taiwan. Pelosi (D-Calif.) is expected to land Tuesday night local time and meet with President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday.

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.

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

Russia has backed China over an expected visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi,...

China views visits by US officials to Taiwan as sending an encouraging signal to the pro-independence camp on the island. "We consider a possible visit by Pelosi to Taiwan ... as another provocative action by the United States aimed at exerting additional pressure on Beijing," she said. Russia has backed China over an expected visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, warning Washington such a provocative trip would put the United States on a collision course with Beijing.

China reacts immediately to Nancy Pelosi arriving in Taiwan by putting its military on high alert and promising exercises near Taiwan that will include ...

China's Defence Ministry said the Chinese military is now on high alert and will launch "targeted military operations" in response to Ms Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. Ms Pelosi is on a tour of Asia that includes announced visits to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan. Her stop in Taiwan had not been announced but had been widely anticipated. US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Taiwan, triggering an immediate and angry response from China to the first such visit from a similarly high-ranking US official in 25 years.

Taipei | US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to land in Taiwan late on Tuesday in defiance of Chinese threats, a trip that would make her the ...

The last major crisis in Taiwan came in 1995-96, when China lobbed missiles into the sea near ports and then-president Bill Clinton sent two aircraft carrier battle groups to the area. Ms Pelosi would become the highest-ranking American politician to visit Taiwan since then-house speaker Newt Gingrich did so in 1997. Taiwan would then need to decide whether to shoot them down, a move that could trigger a wider military conflict. China, which regards Taiwan as part of its territory, has vowed an unspecified military response to any visit by Ms Pelosi that risks sparking a crisis between the world’s biggest economies. Although there are few signs China is planning an invasion of Taiwan, Beijing has responded to past visits by foreign officials with large sorties into Taiwan’s air defence identification zone or across the median line that divides the strait. In a regular briefing on Tuesday afternoon, Taiwan’s Foreign Ministry said it could not comment on the speculation about Ms Pelosi’s trip.

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.

United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday despite objections from China which claims the self-ruled island.

Our visit is one of several Congressional delegations to Taiwan – and it in no way contradicts longstanding United States policy.” she said. She is expected to meet President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday morning. China had earlier warned the US of retaliation if Pelosi visited Taiwan saying its military would “never sit idly by”. “The US side will bear the responsibility and pay the price for undermining China’s sovereign security interests,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying had told journalists in Beijing.

Russia has backed China over an expected visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi,...

China views visits by US officials to Taiwan as sending an encouraging signal to the pro-independence camp on the island. "We consider a possible visit by Pelosi to Taiwan ... as another provocative action by the United States aimed at exerting additional pressure on Beijing," she said. Russia has backed China over an expected visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi, warning Washington such a provocative trip would put the United States on a collision course with Beijing.

The highest-ranking US politician to visit Taiwan in 25 years arrives despite warnings from China.

Yet she is also a long-standing critic of Beijing. This is absolutely consistent with it." is under threat". As Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Ms Pelosi is second in line for the US presidency after the vice-president. In her statement, Ms Pelosi 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." It accused Ms Pelosi, the most senior US politician in 25 years to visit the island China claims as its own, of "playing with fire".

Both the U.S. and China stepped up military activity in the region ahead of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit. Here's what is different now from ...

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British foreign minister Liz Truss, who is likely to replace Boris Johnson as UK Prime Minister, has been forced to backtrack on one of her major policies a ...

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At a central Taipei branch of a popular bank on Tuesday, a few clients came to Joseph Chiu, a teller, with an odd request: to withdraw millions of kuai from ...

After the leak last month about the visit, a bellicose China rattled and raged, promising dire consequences and warning the US not to “play with fire”. On Monday and Tuesday the rhetoric was followed with action. We don’t want to fight with the US on the Taiwan issue. Now the west is listening, having given China a decade to get better at it. Sources close to Taiwan’s government say the Pelosi visit is welcome but its execution has raised issues. Much of the discussion was nationalistic, pro-China and anti-Taiwan independence; occasionally it was violent. “We don’t want the military conflict to escalate. Analysts here and overseas have said the visit is the most dangerous moment in cross-strait tensions for decades. Her public comments went to Twitter, offering the US’s “unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan’s vibrant democracy”. Well organised, vociferous protesters held signs calling Pelosi a warmonger, and chanted “Yankee go home” from across the road. “It’s useless to worry too much,” said Chiu. “You’ve seen the Russian war, and what war looks like. The turnout was larger than any expected and drew a large police presence but remained peaceful. News sites ran polls, with almost two-thirds of UDN’s respondents saying the visit was destabilising.

The trip, the highest-level U.S. visit to the island since 1997, takes place in the face of serious objections from Beijing.

Before that meeting, Mr. Xi will be keen to project an image of strength at home and abroad, particularly on the question of Taiwan. And in the past year, Chinese military planes have increasingly probed the airspace near Taiwan, prompting Taiwanese fighter jets to scramble. The site was attacked around 5 p.m., according to the statement, several hours before Ms. Pelosi’s landing. “It provokes the situation, leads to more tensions.” In a statement released shortly after her arrival, Ms. Pelosi said the visit was a sign of America’s “unwavering commitment” to supporting Taiwan’s democracy. Its foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, told reporters, “Our position on the existence of only one China remains unchanged.” We are also committed now, more than ever, to all elements of the Taiwan Relations Act.” In recent years, China has lured away several nations that recognize Taiwan as a country and cut it off from major international agencies like the World Health Organization. She is also scheduled to attend a banquet at Taipei Guest House and visit the National Human Rights Museum. He said he was most worried about the military response from mainland China — in particular, what China might do after Ms. Pelosi leaves. In Taiwan, many are inured to threats from China, which claims the island as its own territory. A video provided by a Tibetan activist, Tashi Tsering, showed people on Tuesday night gathering outside the Grand Hyatt Taipei, where Ms. Pelosi was expected to spend the night.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is expected to meet Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and other lawmakers Wednesday, defying threats ...

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Tuesday at a meeting in Shanghai that U.S. politicians “playing with fire” on the issue of Taiwan would “come to no good end,” according to a transcript released by the Foreign Ministry. At the same time, we will not engage in saber-rattling.” China’s claims over Taiwan form a core part of the ideology of the ruling Communist Party. Beijing sees official visits by high-ranking foreigners as lending support to pro-independence camps and giving credence to the idea of Taiwan as a sovereign nation.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong is calling for calm after Chinese warplanes buzzed the Taiwan Strait ahead of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's arrival in Taipei.

“We should continue with others in the region to urge the maintenance of peace and stability in the region.” “We’ll continue to work with partners to promote peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait.” “We don’t want to see any unilateral change to the status quo,” he told reporters in Canberra.

The Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, visits Taiwan's parliament and is due to meet with President Tsai Ing-wen, despite China ...

By Shiloh Payne By Shiloh Payne By Shiloh Payne "The USA is a state provocateur," Zakharova said. By Shiloh Payne By Shiloh Payne "I visited Ukraine a short time ago. By Shiloh Payne By Shiloh Payne By Shiloh Payne By Shiloh Payne By Shiloh Payne

Penny Wong has called for calm between China and the US after Nancy Pelosi touched down in Taiwan.

“We live in an era where there‘s strategic competition and increased tension in our region and where China has taken a more aggressive posture in the region,” the Prime Minister said. “It gravely undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and sends a seriously wrong signal to the separatist forces for ‘Taiwan independence’.” “All parties should consider how they best contribute to de-escalating the current tensions, and we all want peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” Senator Wong said.

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has called for a de-escalation of tensions between Beijing and Washington after US House...

"We should continue with others in the region to urge the maintenance of peace and stability in the region." "We'll continue to work with partners to promote peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait." It comes after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan, despite China saying the visit would be a threat to peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praises Taiwan as one of the freest societies of the world, while China summons the US ambassador to Beijing to protest her ...

"The story of Taiwan is an inspiration to all freedom-loving people in the United States and all around the world. We want the world to recognise that," Ms Pelosi said. Ms Pelosi is the highest-ranking US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years. As the meeting took place, China's Foreign Ministry summoned the US ambassador to Beijing, Nicholas Burns, to protest against Ms Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. The Chinese military said it was on high alert and would launch "targeted military operations" in response to her visit. - China's foreign ministry summoned the US ambassador to Beijing to protest against Ms Pelosi's visit

China's military exercises aim to express 'maximum displeasure' with US House Speaker's trip.

Singapore | US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday pledged that the United States would not abandon Taiwan, reaffirming American support for the ...

China’s military exercises involving live ammunition are similar to actions taken by Beijing in the last major Taiwan crisis in 1996. The Biden White House maintains the visit has not breached its one-China policy that recognises Beijing as the sole legitimate government. He said Australia’s position on Taiwan and China was unaltered. China’s warplanes are active on the midline dividing the Taiwan Strait and Beijing plans naval and air exercises from tomorrow that will encircle Taiwan for days. China has also increased economic pressure on the island by banning exports of sand and some fish and fruit. So over the years, it’s always been about security, economy, and governance.” Connect with Emma on She was editor of the Perspective and Review sections. - Taiwan tensions raise risks in one of world’s busiest shipping lanes.The standoff between the US and China over Taiwan has thrown a spotlight on growing risks to one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes - even a minor disruption could ripple through supply chains. “We will not abandon our commitment to Taiwan and we are proud of our enduring friendship,” Ms Pelosi said. “That’s the message we’re bringing here today.” It was over 30 years ago.

China's Commerce Ministry said in a notice on Wednesday it had halted exports of sand, a key material used in construction, and suspended imports of Taiwanese ...

“However, that will hurt China itself, too, as so many Chinese firms rely on the semiconductors.” China’s foreign ministry has slammed the visit as “extremely dangerous” and accused the US side of “playing with fire”. China’s General Administration of Customs said the food imports were halted due to the presence of pesticide and the coronavirus in some shipments, while the Ministry of Commerce said it had suspended sand exports in line with unspecified legal provisions.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, arrives at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. (CNN) ...

Even talking about disrupting the Strait could send global markets plunging, exacerbating pain for Americans already struggling with the high cost of living in an inflation crisis that threatens to doom Democrats in the midterms. He warned provocations could include firing missiles in the Taiwan Strait or around Taiwan and large-scale breaches of Taiwan's air defense identification zone by warplanes. And Pelosi bookended a political career that saw her unfold a pro-democracy banner in Beijing in 1991 with an anti-Chinese Communist Party tour de force in Taiwan as fears grow China may eventually try to take the island by force. If Pelosi's visit accelerates Xi's urgency and resolve in seeking to take over Taiwan by military force, it will also have been counterproductive. A female political icon, she defied the all-male top echelons of the Chinese Communist leadership and refused to be bullied -- and sat down with another pioneering female leader, President Tsai. She made a stirring stand for democracy -- a core American value. Critical to global supply chains that are already under pressure following the Covid-19 pandemic, the Strait is traversed by much of the world's maritime container traffic. The US does not recognize Taiwan as a country. "This travel is consistent with the United States' One China policy to which we are committed. So if Pelosi's visit -- a personal rebuke to Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has made the takeover of Taiwan an existential quest -- permanently worsens already poor US-China relations and brings forward what some see as an inevitable superpower confrontation, it might turn out to be a massive miscalculation. While that may not be Pelosi's intention, misconceptions can drive military escalations in such a volatile foreign policy relationship. It is unfolding as a generational tussle between two civilizations keen to imprint their values, economic systems and strategic hegemony on the rest of the world. The imagery of the US House speaker bolstering a democracy under China's giant shadow could become one of the signature moments in US Asia-Pacific foreign policy.

Some fish, fruit imports suspended, sand exports banned · Bilateral 2021 trade between China, Taiwan at $328.3 billion.

The comments from the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, made during a meeting with Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen, heartened Taiwanese hoping for ...