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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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Beijing has warned its armed forces will 'never sit idly by' if the US House Speaker pushes ahead with a potential trip to Taiwan.

Taiwan and China split in 1949 after the Communists won a civil war on the mainland. The carrier had transited the South China Sea and is currently in the Philippines Sea, a US Navy official confirmed to Reuters on Tuesday. John Kirby, spokesperson of the White House National Security Council, said on Monday that Ms Pelosi “has the right to visit Taiwan” as part of a tour of the Indo-Pacific.

US officials say China may fire missiles near Taiwan if top lawmaker Nancy Pelosi visits the island.

She has previously met pro-democracy dissidents and visited Tiananmen Square to commemorate victims of the 1989 massacre. There is no drama to talk to. On Monday, China's United Nations envoy Zhang Jun warned the visit would undermine relations between Beijing and Washington, Reuters news agency reported.

Asian shares are mostly lower amid concerns about regional stability as an expected visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan prompted threats from ...

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The US airforce jet that Ms Pelosi flew on to Malaysia has taken off from Kuala Lumpur. It is unclear if Ms Pelosi is on that plane, but the US Navy has ...

Few in Washington are surprised by the House Speaker’s Taiwan trip. The US airforce jet that Ms Pelosi flew on to Malaysia has taken off from Kuala Lumpur - it is unclear if Ms Pelosi is on the plane, but the US Navy has simultaneously deployed four warships east of Taiwan. The US airforce jet that Ms Pelosi flew on to Malaysia has taken off from Kuala Lumpur. It is unclear if Ms Pelosi is on that plane, but the US Navy has simultaneously deployed four warships east of Taiwan.

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.

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.

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

While Ms Pelosi, who is now in Malaysia, has not yet confirmed a trip to Taiwan, local media reports have said that she will fly to Taipei tonight where she is ...

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Even as Taiwan becomes the center of a showdown between two of the world's greatest superpowers over a landmark visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, ...

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.

Ms Pelosi arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday morning for the second leg of her Asia tour, and the US military plane carrying the House Speaker and the Congressional ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday arrived in Taiwan with five of her Democratic colleagues, making her the first House leader to visit the island since then-speaker Newt Gingrich travelled there in 1997. US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said minutes after touching down in Taiwan on Tuesday that her trip, 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. As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taipei, Taiwan for a visit that’s been heavily criticized by the Chinese Communist Party, The Washington Post published an op-ed by Ms Pelosi in which she says that the “visit should be seen as an unequivocal statement that America stands with Taiwan, our democratic partner, as it defends itself and its freedom”. Shortly after touching down in Taiwan, The Washington Post published an op-ed by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in which she details how the “visit should be seen as an unequivocal statement that America stands with Taiwan, our democratic partner, as it defends itself and its freedom”. Tensions are high across the region as the plane expected to be carrying US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi touched down in Taiwan on Tuesday, with Chinese warplanes flying close to the median line of the sensitive Taiwan Strait.

Beijing had warned Washington that it would 'pay the price' if the US House speaker visited Taipei.

China will argue that it will take action at a timing of its own choosing, rather than reacting or dancing to the tune of external ‘provocations’,” Sung said. Four US naval ships, including one aircraft carrier, were deployed in the waters east of Taiwan before Pelosi’s arrival. “It will allow the government to show it’s being bullied by China and that it needs support from friendly nations like the US, Japan, and Australia,” Feingold said. “On the other hand, the use of force could backfire against China and further entrench Taiwanese voters’ views that China is the aggressor, as happened in 1996 during the Third Cross-Strait Crisis.” “The message China intends to send is that it has the ‘ability’ to respond, but whether it currently has the ‘intention’ to respond or not, is a different matter. “Chinese warships and fighters may cross over the median line in response to the visit, but they are unlikely to enter Taiwan’s national airspace or its territorial waters, as there is too high a risk of engaging Taiwanese air force fighters,” Lee said.

Neither the United States nor China has overt interests in their budding superpower rivalry boiling over into open military clashes despite soaring tensions ...

The assumption in Washington is that Xi has no more interest in a direct military showdown than Biden does. Some analysts say such a shift could not only risk dragging the United States into a war in the Pacific against China that Americans are not prepared for, but that it could also make Beijing even more aggressive. And there is a strongly nationalist streak within the Chinese military along with growing confidence about its capacity. The United States recognizes the People's Republic of China on the mainland as the sole legitimate government of China and doesn't regard Taiwan as a country. Biden has reorganized US foreign policy around the principle of countering China's growing might in Asia and further afield. Thirty years ago, Washington hoped that by encouraging then-reclusive China into the global economy it could promote political liberalization and usher it into the Western-oriented global economic and political system. And his government's questionable handling of the Covid-19 pandemic -- mass lockdowns are still common in Chinese cities -- and a slowing economy, mean Xi could be tempted into a nationalistic stand to mask domestic liabilities. The island is viewed by Beijing as a rightful part of its territory. Pelosi is also a symbol of democracy -- a way of life that Taipei is desperate to preserve under China's authoritarian shadow. Xi built his power base on aggressive nationalism and the idea that Taiwan's destiny is "reunification" with the mainland. Most of its options -- following a barrage of threats and propaganda that have raised expectations for its riposte -- are quite alarming. It would be unpalatable for Pelosi, following a political career partly defined by standing up to China, to give up on her plan.

Nancy Pelosi has become the highest-ranking US official to visit the contested island of Taiwan in 25 years.

Four sources said she was scheduled on Wednesday afternoon to meet a group of activists who are outspoken about China’s human rights record. Four US warships, including the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, were positioned in waters east of Taiwan on what the US Navy called routine deployments. Barricades were erected outside the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Taipei where Pelosi was expected to stay amid heightened security.

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.

The Chinese military has been put on high alert and will launch “targeted military operations” in response to the visit, China's defence ministry said.

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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, Mrs Pelosi is second in line for the US presidency after the vice-president. In her statement, Mrs 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 Mrs Pelosi, the most senior US politician in 25 years to visit the island China claims as its own, of "playing with fire".

Taiwan is at the centre of a geopolitical struggle between Beijing and Washington.

Mr Biden, meanwhile, sees the defence of a democratic system against China as part of a greater global battle between autocracy and democracy, a viewpoint that defines his foreign policy. Beijing views Ms Pelosi’s trip as a provocation and has stepped up military activity around the island in response. Taiwan is at the centre of this competition. But Mr Biden muddied the waters when he said the US would defend Taiwan if it was attacked. When civil war broke out in China and Mao Zedong’s Communist army took control. US foreign policy has shifted in recent years to a focus on how to counter Beijing’s rise.

She has become the highest-ranking official to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China in 25 years, but her arrival has come amid escalating tensions.

She has become the highest-ranking American official to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China in 25 years. Her visit has been closely watched by mainland China, and by scores of people who used the website Flightradar24 to track the aircraft she was on as it made its way to Taiwan. She has become the highest-ranking official to visit the self-ruled island claimed by China in 25 years, but her arrival has come amid escalating tensions.

Tense moment: The attack took place hours ahead of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. The Chinese government threatened to take action to respond to ...

A spokesperson for the White House did not immediately respond to questions around if the Biden administration is tracking cyber threats to Taiwan. Nonetheless, we believe China is capable of significant cyber attacks inside Taiwan and abroad.” All three websites were up and running as of publication.

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.

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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China accused Ms Pelosi, the most senior US politician in 25 years to visit the island, of "playing with fire". | ITV National News.

The Presidential Office said the website was restored shortly after the attack, which overwhelmed it with traffic. Meanwhile, several Chinese warplanes flew close to the line dividing the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday morning, before leaving later in the day, a source told Reuters. The stop to Taipei was unannounced and reportedly not included on the official itinerary of the highly-anticipated diplomatic tour, which included Singapore, Japan, Malaysia, and South Korea. The PLA said maneuvers would take place starting on Tuesday night in the waters and skies near Taiwan and include the firing of long-range ammunition in the Taiwan Strait. "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." US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday night in a move that significantly escalated tensions with China, which claims the self-ruled island as its own territory.

The military response to Pelosi's trip came swiftly. The People's Liberation Army — announcing that exercises were to begin Tuesday night — departed from an ...

The U.S. responded with its largest show of force in Asia since the Vietnam War, including sending an American aircraft carrier to sail close to Taiwan. The military response to Pelosi's trip came swiftly. Speaking a day before Pelosi’s trip, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock criticized China’s moves on Taiwan at a U.N. conference. The proximity of the drills to Taiwan — which also include missile firing — will also ratchet up tensions over a potential conflagration. The show of force from Beijing is an unambiguous signal to the international community of how easily China could impose an effective trade stranglehold round the democratic island, which is a crucial to global supply chains because of its advanced microchip production. The dramatic surge in tensions presents the White House — which has expressed unease about her trip — with the alarming strategic prospect of having to contend with two major crises, just as it is taking the lead in supporting Ukraine in its defense against an invasion by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Zheng Zeguang, Beijing's ambassador to London, also warned the UK not to "dance to the tune" of the United States as Ms Pelosi became the highest-ranking ...

All consequences arising there from must be borne by US side and 'Taiwan independence' separatist forces." He also had a warning for the UK not to "dance to the tune" of the United States. China has warned the United States it is performing a "highly dangerous trick" over Taiwan and "those playing with fire will get burned".

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.

China has strongly condemned first visit by a US House speaker since 1997, and even the White House has warned it might not be a good idea.

When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flew into Taiwan on an Air Force passenger jet Tuesday, she became the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island. We are also committed now, more than ever, to all elements of the Taiwan Relations Act.” “This travel is consistent with the United States’ One China policy to which we are committed. “America’s determination to preserve democracy, here in Taiwan and around the world, remains ironclad.” Meanwhile, the Taiwanese military has increased its alertness level as Chinese warships and aircraft “squeezed” the median line on Tuesday morning. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Taiwan officials said that 21 Chinese military aircraft entered its air defence zone on Tuesday, 2 August, as Nancy Pelosi arrived on an historic visit.The House of Representatives Speaker’s trip is the first visit by a US speaker to the country since 1997.Ms Pelosi has been a vocal critic of Chinese leadership and previously said it is “important for us to show support for Taiwan”.“21 PLA aircraft entered Taiwan’s southwest [Air Defence Identification Zone] on August 2, 2022,” Taiwan’s defence ministry said.Click here to sign up for our newsletters. “Today, our delegation... House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, the highest-level trip by a US official in 25 years, has sparked a diplomatic crisis between the US and China. came to Taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to Taiwan and we are proud of our enduring friendship,” Ms Pelosi said. “Today, our delegation... came to Taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to Taiwan and we are proud of our enduring friendship,” Ms Pelosi said during her meeting with the Taiwanese president.

House Speaker Pelosi, who voiced the US' 'unwavering support to Taiwan's 'vibrant democracy', is the highest-profile elected US official to Taiwan in 25 ...

The council said China cited regulatory breaches. Russia's foreign ministry called Pelosi's visit a "clear provocation," and said Beijing "has the right to take necessary measures to protect its sovereignty and territorial integrity over the Taiwan issue". The last speaker of the US House of Representatives to visit Taiwan was Newt Gingrich in 1997. It promptly announced plans for a series of military exercises in waters around the island to begin on Wednesday, including "long-range live ammunition shooting" in the Taiwan Strait. China's military said it was on "high alert" and would "launch a series of targeted military actions in response" to the visit. Pelosi, second in line to the presidency, is the highest-profile elected US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years and Beijing has made clear that it regards her presence as a major provocation, setting the region on edge.

The exercises by the Chinese navy and air force are seen as a direct response to the visit to Taiwan of top US politician Nancy Pelosi, the most senior ...

Ms Pelosi had earlier praised Taiwan for being "one of the freest societies in the world" as she addressed the self-ruled island's parliament during the visit that has infuriated Beijing. The exercises by the Chinese navy and air force are seen as a direct response to the visit to Taiwan of top US politician Nancy Pelosi, the most senior American politician to visit in 25 years. The actions by Beijing are seen as a direct response to the visit to Taiwan of the US house speaker, who praised the self-ruled island for having "one of the freest societies in the world".

US House Speaker who unfurled banner in Tiananmen Square in 1991 is deeply distrusted by China's leaders.

Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has tied her controversial visit to Taiwan to an alleged barrage of China-directed cyber-attacks ...

- China telecom The US and China have each called on the other to ensure Pelosi's visit doesn't escalate into something more than a very tense and angry diplomatic moment. - China Mobile But China has not banned Taiwanese tech – it's needed there as much as in any other nation. China therefore sees Biden's remarks and Pelosi's visit as thinly veiled assertions of US support for Taiwanese sovereignty, despite the One China principle supposedly putting that out of bounds. US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo recently stated that losing access to Taiwanese tech would crash the US economy into a recession.

China warned airlines operating in Asia to avoid flying in areas around Taiwan where it is conducting military exercises in response to US House Speaker ...

An official notice was sent late on Tuesday Hong Kong time, designating six areas of airspace as “danger zones,” according to carriers who received the message and Jang Chang Seog, a Korean transport ministry official. China warned airlines operating in Asia to avoid flying in areas around Taiwan where it is conducting military exercises in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island.

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

TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meeting leaders in Taiwan despite warnings from China, said Wednesday that she and other members of ...

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The House speaker has vowed China will not stand in the way of Taiwan's friendships with the US as Beijing reacts to visit with outrage.

According to a tentative schedule Pelosi was also expected to visit the Jingmei Human Rights Cultural Park, in Taipei, after a lunch with Tsai and other dignitaries. Vice foreign minister Xie Feng voiced “strong protests” over Pelosi’s visit to the democratic self-governing island during his talk with ambassador Nicholas Burns. “Military exercises are unnecessary,” she said. At a press conference on Wednesday, Pelosi questioned the motivations of Chinese president Xi Jinping when asked about his strong response to her visit. It accused China of violating international law with its plans to breach Taiwan’s sovereign space. “I don’t know if that’s a reason or an excuse.”

China is set to stage military drills around Taiwan from Thursday to Sunday to protest a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taipei.

This has happened on numerous occasions when Chinese warplanes have entered Taiwan's air defense identification zone in recent years. But what is "international law?" Consequently, not all countries have an air defense identification zone. "Under that principle, then perhaps we decide that international law applies, in which case Taiwan's airspace extends to 12 miles beyond its baseline. "The reality is Taiwan exists. So for all intents and purposes, Taiwan is a country," Thompson said.

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 ...

The US House Speaker's visit has angered Beijing, which views Taiwan as a breakaway province and has ramped up military manoeuvres near the island.

“This dust is lighting up the spokes as well as the rim of the wheel, and that’s very neat to see,” Karl Gordon, at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Maryland, said. A man has been arrested in Utah accused of sparking a major wildfire while trying to kill a spider. The story of Taiwan is an inspiration to all freedom-loving people – in the United States and around the world. “America’s determination to preserve democracy in Taiwan and the rest of the world remains iron-clad. News of al-Zawahiri ’s presence in a Taliban safe house in Kabul has massively undermined what little international credibility the Taliban had – and will have gained Pakistan favour with Washington, writes i‘s Chief Foreign Commentator Michael Day. The new measures, which will apply to public buildings, shopping centres, cinemas, theatres, rail stations and airports, will come into effect in one week. The Pentagon “wiped” text messages from the mobile phone of key Trump administration defence department officials, according to court filings. Meanwhile, Taiwan’s military has stepped up its alertness level “with the principle of not asking for a war”. It isunlikelythat either the US or China want to engage in a conflict when both countries are suffering from economic woes at home. A snorkeler has reportedly been bitten by a blue shark off the coast of Cornwall in an “ extremely rare” incident. Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taiwan – the highest-level visit by a US official in 25 years – has raised tensions, and questions. Hot flushes or night sweats have gone from being a rare symptom for most of the Covid pandemic to one that has affected 11 per cent of cases in the past week – although it’s unclear why at this stage. Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss have been urged to do more over the cost of living crisis as gas bills are set to hit £3,300 by October. It also comes as BP reported mammoth profits of £6.9bn for the three months to June 2022.

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi praised Taiwan as "one of the freest societies in the world" on Wednesday morning local time in her first public remarks since ...

"And again, we come in friendship, we thank you for your leadership, we want the world to recognize that." Pelosi and the congressional delegation landed in Taipei on Tuesday, the first time in 25 years that a US House Speaker has visited Taiwan, a self-governing island, which China claims as part of its territory. Later Wednesday, Pelosi is expected to meet Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen.

She waved off China's military action response to her visit, saying that “whatever China was going to do they'll do in their own good time.”

Because they didn’t say anything when the men came,” Pelosi said. A group of six U.S. lawmakers, including Senate Foreign Relations Chair Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), visited the island in April. China ramped up its actions and rhetoric once Pelosi arrived in Taipei on Tuesday, announcing it would conduct targeted drills and missile tests around Taiwan, and sending aircraft into the island’s air defense zone.

It's one thing to declare yourself 'rather dead than red', quite another to inflict that decision on the rest of us, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins.

It may be that one day a global war, like global heating, delivers the world a catastrophe it may have to confront. Probably the greatest aid we can be to Ukraine is to assist in the eventual return of its exiled labour force and help in rebuilding its shattered cities. This may reduce the effect – always overstated – of nuclear deterrence, and make them vulnerable to blackmail. Russia and China are both experiencing border disputes of the sort that occur in most corners of the world. A similar ambiguity infuses the west’s attitude towards Russia over Ukraine. The US and Britain reiterate that Russia “ must fail and be seen to fail”. But can Russia really be relied on to tolerate ever greater destruction of its armaments without escalation? Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? The west should be ready to back off – and not call it defeat. The west is blighted by weakened and failing leaders, striving to boost their ratings by promoting conflicts abroad. The days when western powers could ordain the spheres of interest of states such as China and Russia are rightly over, as was acknowledged during the cold war. She declares it “essential that America and her allies make clear that we never give in to autocrats”. China’s gross overreaction is a classic example of precipitate escalation. The visit to Taiwan of the US congressional speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has been so blatantly provocative it seems little more than a midterm election stunt. Those for war shout loudest and beat their chests, eager for tanks to rumble and jets to roar.