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Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit: Time to Counter China’s Extravagant and Illegal Territorial Claims

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan can be analysed from various angles: her longstanding campaign against China’s suppression of human freedoms, its conduct in the western Pacific, its challenge to US global power, Taiwan as a vital part of the first island chain that curbs China’s maritime expansionism, the critical importance of its semi-conductor industry, giving …

Explained: The ‘One China’ policy which is at the crux of Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

The ‘One China’ policy is the basis of Sino-US relations. As per this agreement, signed in 1979, Washington established formal ties with China rather than the island of Taiwan United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday became the first senior US official in 25 years to visit Taiwa n, in what is being deemed as a break from the …

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said soon after touching down in Taiwan on Tuesday that her visit, marking the highest-level visit by a US official in more than two decades, was a sign of “America’s unwavering” commitment to supporting the island nation. “Our delegation’s visit to Taiwan honors America’s unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan’s vibrant Democracy,” tweeted Pelosi. “America’s solidarity …

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Visit marks the 42nd anniversary of the Taiwan Relations Act as China continues what it calls ‘combat drills’ near the island. “The People’s Liberation Army’s organising of actual combat exercises in the Taiwan Strait is necessary action to address the security situation in the Taiwan Strait and to safeguard national sovereignty,” spokesman Ma Xiaoguang said. “The PLA’s military exercises and …