Know what is going on between China and America. August 2022, Nancy Pelosi to visit Taiwan as China threatens military action

2nd August 2022

China considers Taiwan its territory, and has repeatedly indicated this. He would see the Pelosi visit as a major provocation.

Pelosi was in Malaysia, the second leg of a tour that caused an uproar in Beijing after reports of a possible Taipei visit.

China, which regards Taiwan as part of its territory, has vowed an unspecified military response to any Pelosi visit

Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan has angered China and has decided to take military action.

Taiwan always welcomes international visitors coming to Taiwan to gain a better understanding of Taiwan and to display their support for Taiwan,” Joanne Ou, a spokeswoman for the ministry, told reporters.

President Xi Jinping last week told President Joe Biden he would "resolutely safeguard China's national sovereignty and territorial integrity” and that "whoever plays with fire will get burned.”

Biden said in May that Washington would intervene to defend Taiwan in any attack from China, although the White House later clarified he meant the US would provide weapons, in accordance with existing agreements.

Under the deal reached in 1978 to normalize relations between China and the US, Washington agreed to recognize only Beijing as the seat of China's government, while acknowledging -- but not endorsing -- the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China.

The US has insisted that any unification between the island and mainland must be peaceful, and supplied Taiwan with advanced weaponry while remaining deliberately ambiguous about whether US forces would help defend against a Chinese attack.

Visits by lower level US lawmakers have also prompted military responses by China. Last November, Chinese warplanes flew around the east side of the island after a visit by a US congressional delegation.

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. Gingrich visited both Taiwan and China the year after that episode, telling Beijing the US would defend the island.

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