The President of the US House of Representatives comments on her visit to Taiwan.
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Washington From the point of view of the influential President of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, the USA cannot allow China’s increased pressure on Taiwan. China is trying to create a new kind of normality, she said on Wednesday, referring to announcements by the government in Beijing that it would continue to practice controversial maneuvers around Taiwan and other threatening gestures.
“We just can’t let that happen,” Pelosi said at a news conference with four Democratic lawmakers who had accompanied her on her trip to Taiwan.
“We will not allow China to isolate Taiwan,” the Democratic politician said. For example, the People’s Republic is preventing Taiwan from becoming a member of the World Health Organization (WHO). “But they don’t stop us from going to Taiwan,” Pelosi said. There was criticism of her visit at the beginning of the month, especially from China, but also from other countries.
Referring to the US military’s assessment of the visit, Pelosi said, “I don’t remember them ever telling us not to travel.” Democratic President Joe Biden had questions about the plans before Pelosi’s trip replied, “I don’t think the military thinks it’s a good idea at the moment.”
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In response to the US politician’s visit to Taiwan, China had been conducting large-scale military exercises around the democratic island republic for the past week and also practiced a conquest.
Pelosi was the highest-ranking US politician in Taiwan for a quarter of a century
The Chinese leadership rejects official contacts from other countries to Taiwan because they see the island as part of the People’s Republic. On the other hand, Taiwan has long seen itself as independent. Pelosi – number three by protocol in the US – had been the highest-ranking US politician in Taiwan for a quarter of a century.
“We went there to show our friendship and to demonstrate that China cannot isolate Taiwan,” Pelosi said. When asked about the sanctions announced by China against Pelosi and her families, she laughed, “Who cares?”
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