{"id":10674,"date":"2022-08-02T16:58:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T14:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/?p=10674"},"modified":"2022-08-02T21:05:05","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T19:05:05","slug":"pelosi-visits-taiwan-raising-us-china-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/pelosi-visits-taiwan-raising-us-china-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Pelosi visits Taiwan raising US-China tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday night despite threats from China of serious consequences, becoming the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the island.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her visit to Taiwan has stoked serious tensions between China and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beijing claims sovereignty over Taiwan and reacted aggressively to any gestures that may suggest the self-governing island is an independent country.\u00a0China\u2019s Defense Ministry said it will conduct a series of targeted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202208\/1272006.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">military operations<\/a> to \u201csafeguard national sovereignty\u201d in response to Pelosi\u2019s visit. It vowed to \u201cresolutely thwart external interference and \u2018Taiwan independence\u2019 separatist attempts.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just landed in Taiwan despite warnings from China. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W9TXBehLvZ\">pic.twitter.com\/W9TXBehLvZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; IRIA (@IRIA_Research) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IRIA_Research\/status\/1554483733851508737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur visit reiterates that America stands with Taiwan: a robust, vibrant democracy and our important partner in the Indo-Pacific\u201d <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1554496902812602370\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#ac0707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Pelosi tweeted<\/span><\/a> soon after landing in Taipei, Taiwan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur discussions with Taiwan leadership reaffirm our support for our partner &amp; promote our shared interests, including advancing a free &amp; open Indo-Pacific region.\u201d She also said that the visit is one of several Congressional delegations to Taiwan \u2013 and it \u201cin no way contradicts longstanding United States policy, guided by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, U.S.-China Joint Communiques and the Six Assurances.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our delegation\u2019s visit to Taiwan honors America\u2019s unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan\u2019s vibrant Democracy.<br><br>Our discussions with Taiwan leadership reaffirm our support for our partner &amp; promote our shared interests, including advancing a free &amp; open Indo-Pacific region.<\/p>&mdash; Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1554482274430844928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The visit comes after President Xi Jinping warned his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/biden-xi-hold-phone-talks-amid-rising-tensions-over-taiwan\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10612\"><span style=\"color:#ac0707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">recent phone call<\/span><\/a> against \u201cexternal interference\u201d in Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>China warns against visiting Taiwan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chinese military dispatched fighter jets, ordered military exercises and braced combat readiness as Taiwan prepared to host U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. China on Monday once again warned the United States that the Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army (PLA) will \u201cnot sit idly by\u201d if Pelosi visits Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian said \u201cThe will of the people cannot be defied, and those who play with fire will perish by it,\u201d adding \u201cIt is believed the U.S. side is fully aware of China&#8217;s strong and clear message.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China has warned the U.S. of \u2018<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/china-warns-forceful-measures-if-us-house-speaker-pelosi-visits-taiwan-2022-07-19\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color:#ac0707\" class=\"has-inline-color\">forceful measures<\/span><\/a>\u2019 if Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan. \u201cIf the US insists on going down the wrong path, China will definitely take resolute and forceful measures to firmly defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity,\u201d ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told a news conference. \u201cThe United States must be fully responsible for all the consequences caused by this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8230;the US govt must honor its commitments both in word and in deed. Otherwise the US govt must take the responsibility and bear consequences for any act, under whatever pretext, in violation of the three Sino-US joint communiques.<\/p>\u2014 Hua Chunying \u534e\u6625\u83b9 (@SpokespersonCHN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpokespersonCHN\/status\/1554072680663379968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>U.S. warns China not to turn the visit into crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The White House has been trying to defuse the tensions over the visit to Taiwan, which received a strong reaction from China. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is no reason for Beijing to turn a potential visit consistent with longstanding U.S. policy into some sort of crisis or conflict, or use it as a pretext to increase aggressive military activity in or around the Taiwan Strait,\u201d said U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby. \u201cNothing about this potential visit \u2014 potential visit, which oh, by the way, has precedent \u2014 would change the status quo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The United States warned China on Monday not to respond to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/31\/world\/asia\/pelosi-taiwan-china.html\">an expected trip to Taiwan by Speaker Nancy Pelosi<\/a>&nbsp;with military provocations even as American officials sought to reassure Beijing that such a visit would not be the first of its kind nor represent any change in policy toward the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biden endorses \u201cOne China\u201d policy, says Kirby<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a White House briefing on August 1, 2022, Kirby repeatedly stated that \u201cThere\u2019s no reason for this to escalate.\u201d He also reiterated that the Biden administration continues to endorse&nbsp;the \u201cOne China\u201d policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe speaker has a right to visit Taiwan, and a speaker of the House has visited Taiwan before without incident, as have many members of Congress, including this year,\u201d Kirby said. \u201cThe world has seen the United States government be very clear that nothing has changed, nothing has changed, about our One China policy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The One China policy has been in place since 1979. It recognizes Taiwan as China\u2019s part, however, the U.S. maintains a strategic ambiguity over Taiwan\u2019s status. The ambiguous position also continues in defining whether or not the U.S. forces would intervene in an event of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe don&#8217;t support Taiwan independence,\u201d Kirby repeated as he reaffirmed that this view is consistent with that of previous administrations, referring to previous visits from U.S. officials to Taiwan. He stressed that there is no need to escalate the situation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1997, the former House speaker Newt Gingrich also visited Taiwan. She was the last House speaker to visit Taiwan. Although China also protested her visits the trip went unaffected. China\u2019s military power and regional influence have increased immensely since then and Pelosi\u2019s visit to Taiwan would not take place under the same circumstances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>China has made it clear time and time again that any intervention in the self-governing island of Taiwan would be considered a blatant intervention in China\u2019s internal affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/US-Nancy-Pelosi-Singapore-Lee-Hsien-Loong.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/US-Nancy-Pelosi-Singapore-Lee-Hsien-Loong.jpg?resize=824%2C463&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi with Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong on August 1, 2022\" class=\"wp-image-10675\" width=\"824\" height=\"463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/US-Nancy-Pelosi-Singapore-Lee-Hsien-Loong.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/US-Nancy-Pelosi-Singapore-Lee-Hsien-Loong.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/US-Nancy-Pelosi-Singapore-Lee-Hsien-Loong.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/US-Nancy-Pelosi-Singapore-Lee-Hsien-Loong.jpg?w=1100&amp;ssl=1 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><em><sup>Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi with Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong on August 1, 2022. (Image Credit: @SpeakerPelosi\/Twitter)<\/sup><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Pelosi on Asia tour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaker Nancy Pelosi is leading a Congressional delegation to the Indo-Pacific region focusing on mutual security, economic partnership and democratic governance in the Indo-Pacific region. None of her staff nor any other official source has yet confirmed her trip to the Island of Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She began her visit to Asia starting from Singapore on August 1, 2022. She intends to visit Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan during her trip to Asia.  Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong &#8220;highlighted the importance of stable U.S.-China relations for regional peace and security&#8221; during talks with Pelosi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pelosi arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday for the second leg of an Asian tour. Her aircraft touched down at the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) base on August 2 morning amid tight security. In Malaysia, she called on lower house Speaker Azhar Azizan Harun in Parliament and adjourned for a luncheon meeting with Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Thursday, Pelosi is expected to meet with South Korean National Assembly Speaker Kim Jin Pyo in Seoul for talks on security in the Indo-Pacific region, economic cooperation and the climate crisis, according to Kim&#8217;s office. Pelosi is also due to visit Japan this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">After our Congressional delegation arrived in Kuala Lumpur, we met with the U.S. Marine detachment at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/usembassykl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@USEmbassyKL<\/a>.<br> <br>We proudly expressed the thanks of the Congress and our Country for the selfless service of our men and women in uniform. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8UwccSwCgo\">pic.twitter.com\/8UwccSwCgo<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerPelosi\/status\/1554391553614917632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The White House has been trying to defuse the tensions amid the speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi\u2019s expected visit to Taiwan, which received a strong reaction from China<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[124,1,125],"tags":[137,380,45,75,377,5,169,7],"class_list":["post-10674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-news","category-united-states","tag-asia","tag-asia-pacific","tag-china","tag-conflict","tag-indo-pacific","tag-military","tag-taiwan","tag-u-s"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Pelosi-arrives-in-China.jpeg?fit=690%2C370&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7jJWb-2Ma","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10674"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10674\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10693,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10674\/revisions\/10693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10674"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ir-ia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}