Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan updates: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi departs Taiwan after her controversial visit

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How America and Taiwan can deepen economic ties, strengthen security partnership: Nancy Pelosi

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Nancy Pelosi's visit sends message to world, says Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen

Taiwan's President wrote on Twitter that Nancy Pelosi's visit reflects a strong US support for bilateral ties. She also added that it sends a message to the world that democracies stand together in the face of common challenges.

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Ban on sand exports, fruit and fish imports: How China is punishing Taiwan for hosting Nancy Pelosi

The Asian giant has rolled out curbs on the import of fruit and fish from Taiwan while halting shipments of sand to the island — which is bound to hurt Taiwan’s economy.

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China says military drills around Taiwan Strait 'necessary and just'

China insisted its military exercises around the Taiwan Strait were "necessary and just" in the wake of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the self-ruled island.

"The Chinese military's conducting of military exercises in the sea near China's Taiwan are a necessary and just measure to resolutely protect national sovereignty," foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a regular briefing. 

"In the current struggle surrounding Pelosi's Taiwan visit, the United States are the provocateurs, China is the victim. The joint provocation by the US and Taiwan came first, China's just defense came after," she added.

China's leaders have expressed fury at Pelosi's Taiwan visit, painting it as threatening the fragile cross-strait status quo. 

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China imposes undeclared no-fly zone over Taiwan

Airlines operating in Asia have been warned by China to avoid flying in and around the airspace near Taiwan where it has been conducting military exercises in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island.

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Most Asian markets rise but Taiwan fears keep confidence in check

Asian markets mostly rose Wednesday after the previous day's reverse, though traders remained on edge after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, which has further strained China-US ties and raised concerns about the long-term impact on the global outlook.

The highest profile trip to the island in 25 years by a US politician was met with condemnation from Beijing, which warned of serious economic and military consequences.

Taiwan said more than 20 Chinese military aircraft had flown into the island's air defence identification zone -- an area wider than its territorial airspace that overlaps with part of China's air defence zone. The People's Liberation Army was also due to conduct a series of drills, while Foreign Minister Wang Yi vowed to "punish" those who offended the country.

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China, US allies divided over Pelosi's Taiwan visit

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan has drawn bipartisan support at home and backing among the world’s democracies.

Meanwhile, China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory with no right to an independent identity, has rallied support among fellow authoritarian states. The divided opinions speak both to China's growing global influence and the backlash that has prompted among the world's liberal societies.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, whose country's ties with China have nosedived in recent years, declined to comment specifically on Pelosi's visit. 

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno also avoided commenting on Pelosi’s Taiwan visit, but raised concern about China’s planned live-fire military exercises in the regional seas that encompass parts of Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone.

Chinese ally North Korea, meanwhile, used the visit to accuse the US of being “the root cause of harassed peace and security in the region,” and said it supported Beijing in the confrontation surrounding Pelosi’s visit.

Russia called the visit a “clear provocation, which is in line with the United States’ aggressive policy aimed at comprehensively containing China.”

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How is China punishing Taiwan for the Pelosi visit?

China has launched a volley of trade curbs against Taiwan in addition to live-fire military drills, as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited the island despite Beijing's warnings.

China considers Taiwan its territory and tries to keep it isolated internationally, opposing countries from maintaining official contacts with the self-ruled democratic island.

After Pelosi became the highest-profile elected US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Wednesday the response will be "resolute, forceful and effective".

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EU urges dialogue to reduce risks amid Taiwan tension

The European Union called on Wednesday for tensions over Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan to be resolved through dialogue and for communication channels with China to be kept open to avoid miscalculation.

"The EU has an interest in preserving peace and the status quo in the Taiwan Strait," a spokesperson for EU said. "We encourage a peaceful resolution of cross-strait issues. Tensions should be resolved through dialogue. Appropriate channels of communication should be maintained to reduce risks of miscalculation."

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China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi vows 'punishment' as Pelosi visits Taiwan

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi vowed Wednesday to punish those who offend Beijing, state media reported, as the country seethes over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

"This is a complete farce. The United States is violating China's sovereignty under the guise of so-called 'democracy'... those who offend China will be punished," Wang said on the sidelines of a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Phnom Penh.

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China blocks some Taiwan imports but avoids chip disruption

China blocked imports of citrus and fish from Taiwan in retaliation for a visit by Nancy Pelosi, a top American lawmaker, to the self-ruled island but has avoided disrupting one of the world's most important technology and manufacturing relationships.

The two sides, which split in 1949 after a civil war, have no official relations but multibillion-dollar business ties, especially in the flow of Taiwanese-made processor chips needed by Chinese factories that assemble the world's smartphones and other electronics.

On Wednesday, Beijing blocked imports of citrus fruits and frozen mackerel from Taiwan after Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, arrived in Taiwan late Tuesday. But the ruling party avoided disrupting the flow of chips and other industrial components, a step that would send shock waves through the shaky global economy.

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Taiwan defiant as China readies military drills over Pelosi visit

Taiwan struck a defiant tone Wednesday as it hosted US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, with a furious China gearing up for military exercises dangerously close to the island's shores in retaliation for the visit.

"Facing deliberately heightened military threats, Taiwan will not back down. We will... continue to hold the line of defence for democracy," Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said at an event with Pelosi in Taipei.

She also thanked Pelosi for "taking concrete actions to show your staunch support for Taiwan at this critical moment".

China tries to keep Taiwan isolated on the world stage and opposes countries having official exchanges with Taipei.

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From a dramatic landing to defiant speech: Inside Nancy Pelosi's historic Taiwan visit

The world watched as US Speaker Nancy Pelosi's plane entered the Taiwanese airspace. Today, as the Democratic politician met with President Tsai Ing-wen she pledged that America would not abandon the self-ruled island

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Social media filled with China's military build-up as Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan

As tensions between US and China reached a fevered pitch on the issue of US Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, social media users reported seeing armoured vehicles and other military equipment being moved near the border of the island territory yesterday, which Beijing claims as its own.

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Chinese Foreign Minister calls Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip “a complete farce”

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Pelosi’s trip was “a complete farce” and warned “those who offend China will be punished.”

China has announced trade sanctions and its most provocative military drills in decades in the wake of Pelosi’s visit, which risks sparking a crisis between the world’s biggest economies. President Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden last week he would “resolutely safeguard China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity” and that “whoever plays with fire will get burned.”

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Nancy Pelosi visit to Taiwan creates 'annoyance', says Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said on Wednesday that a visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was a deliberate attempt by Washington to irritate China.

"I see no other reason to create such an annoyance almost out of the blue, knowing very well what it means for the People's Republic of China," Lavrov said on a visit to Myanmar.

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China to punish outfits promoting Taiwan independence, bans imports of Taiwanese food products amid Pelosi's visit

Furious over the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's high-profile visit to Taipei, the first by a top American official in 25 years, China on Wednesday announced punitive measures on outfits seeking "Taiwan independence, banned imports of some Taiwanese food products and suspended the export of natural sand.

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China summons US envoy, warns America will 'pay a price'

Chinese Vice foreign minister Xie Feng 'urgently summoned' the US Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, and lodged stern representations and strong protests over Pelosi's visit

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'They didn’t say anything when the men came': Pelosi on China's reaction

Nancy Pelosi, whose visit to Taiwan triggered a strong reaction from China said that Beijing did not react as strongly "when the men" from US visited Taiwan. 

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From Tiananmen Square to Taiwan: Nancy Pelosi, the one woman who has defied China time and again

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a long history of standing up to China. It all began 31 years ago, in 1991, when as a young Congresswoman she visited Beijing’s Tiananmen Square to pay a tribute to pro-democracy student activists massacred there

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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

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Nancy Pelosi to meet Tiananmen student leader living in exile in Taiwan

Pelosi will reportedly meet Tiananmen student leader Wu'erkaixi, who has been living in Taiwan in exile, at the famous Jingmei Human Rights Park in Taipei, apart from Lam Wing-kee, the owner of the Causeway Bay Bookstore and activist Lee Ming-che. Raking up the Tiananmen Square incident is indubitably expected to irk China even more.

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Taiwan won't back down, continue to hold line of defence for democracy, says Tsai Ing-wen as China preps military drills

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday said that the island would "not back down" as a furious China geared up for military drills in retaliation for the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Tsai on Wednesday hosted Pelosi with China prepping up for military exercises dangerously close to the island's shores in retaliation for the visit.

Tsai thanked Pelosi for "taking concrete actions to show your staunch support for Taiwan at this critical moment".

Meanwhile, China responded swiftly over the Pelosi's visit to Taiwan and warned the US ambassador in Beijing of "extremely serious consequences" and announcing military drills around Taiwan.

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China to punish outfits promoting Taiwan independence

Furious over the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's high-profile visit to Taipei, the first by a top American official in 25 years, China on Wednesday announced punitive measures on outfits seeking "Taiwan independence, banned imports of some Taiwanese food products and suspended the export of natural sand.

The Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, a Chinese official body which looks after Taiwan affairs, announced the punitive measures on organisations related to die-hard elements seeking "Taiwan independence".

Under the guise of "democracy" and "cooperation and development", "Taiwan Foundation for Democracy" and "International Cooperation and Development Fund" have wantonly carried out "Taiwan independence" separatist activities in the international arena.

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US, Indonesia hold joint military drills amid China concerns

The United States and Indonesian militaries began annual joint combat exercises Wednesday on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, joined for the first time by participants from other partner nations, signaling stronger ties amid growing maritime activity by China in the Indo-Pacific region.

The planned two-week drills opened after China’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday night it would conduct a series of targeted military operations to “safeguard national sovereignty” in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to self-governed Taiwan, which China claims as part of its territory to be annexed by force if necessary.

The US-Indonesia military exercises coincided with Pelosi's arrival in Taiwan late Tuesday, as the highest-ranking American official in 25 years to visit the self-ruled island. Beijing views visits by foreign government officials as recognition of the island’s sovereignty.

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Pelosi Taiwan visit set to dominate ASEAN meet

Southeast Asian foreign ministers will seek ways to help calm rising tensions over Taiwan at regional talks Wednesday, after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived on the island, enraging Beijing.

Pelosi's dramatic late-night arrival in Taipei, defying threats of reprisals by China, looks set to dominate the meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Phnom Penh, which had been due to focus on the bloody crisis in Myanmar.

Attention will focus instead on Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and his American counterpart Antony Blinken -- both flying into the Cambodian capital for regional security talks with ASEAN on Thursday and Friday.

ASEAN spokesman Kung Phoak, Cambodia's deputy foreign minister, said the meeting would seek to calm the waters.

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China hits Taiwan with fresh trade curbs as Pelosi visits

China rolled out curbs Wednesday on the import of fruit and fish from Taiwan while halting shipments of sand to the island in the wake of a visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

China's Customs Administration said Wednesday it would suspend some citrus fruit imports from Taiwan over alleged "repeated" detection of excessive pesticide residue, and the import of fish owing to positive coronavirus tests on packages.

In a separate notice, the Commerce Ministry added it would also "suspend the export of natural sand to Taiwan" from Wednesday, without providing details.

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China summons US envoy, warns America shall 'pay price' as Pelosi visits Taiwan

China has summoned the American envoy to Beijing to lodge a stern protest over Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's high-profile visit to Taipei, warning that Washington will "pay a price" for its "mistakes" and asked it to stop using the Taiwan issue to contain China in any form.

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Taiwan Defence Ministry: Chinese drills around island meant to destroy regional stability

Taiwan’s defence ministry said on Wednesday that Chinese live-fire drills around the democratic island this week demonstrated Beijing’s intention to destroy regional peace and stability. Taiwan has enhanced alertness levels and will react timely and appropriately to the drills, a defence ministry spokesman told reporters via a voice message.

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South Korea calls for calm over Pelosi Taiwan visit

South Korea on Wednesday called for dialogue to maintain regional peace and stability as tensions between the US and China soared over US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.

South Korea's presidential office called for regional peace and stability through dialogue ahead of Pelosi's expected arrival in Seoul late Wednesday.

"Our government's stance is to maintain close communication with relevant parties... on the basis that peace and stability in the region through dialogue and cooperation are important," an official from the presidential office told reporters.

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Japan expresses concern to China over Taiwan Strait Drills,says Government spokesman

Japan has expressed concern to China over its military drills in waters around Taiwan, a government spokesman said Wednesday as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits the island.

“The maritime areas announced by the Chinese side as those to be used for military exercises… overlaps with Japan’s exclusive economic zone. Considering the live-fire training nature of this military activity, Japan has expressed concerns to the Chinese side,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters.

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China customs suspends imports of citrus fruits, fish products from Taiwan

China is suspending imports of citrus fruits, chilled white striped hairtail and frozen horse mackerel from Taiwan starting 3 August, China’s customs said on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, China’s commerce ministry said China will suspend export of natural sand to Taiwan from 3 August.

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Explained: Why US and China are at loggerheads over Taiwan

Though tensions between Washington and Beijing have recently escalated over Taipei, experts say there is little cause for concern that a full-blown war will break out

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How China threats escalate after Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan

After much ‘will she, won’t she’, United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday offering “unwavering commitment” to supporting its democracy.

The US House speaker, who is on an Asian tour, called the trip as part of a broader mission at a time when “the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy.”

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Chinese military drills breach Taiwan waters, endanger international order: Taipei

Taiwan's defence ministry said Wednesday that China's military exercises in response to the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi breach the island's territorial waters.

"Some of the areas of China's drills breach into... (Taiwan's) territorial waters," defence ministry spokesman Sun Li-fang said at a press conference. "This is an irrational move to challenge the international order."
 

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US always standing with Taiwan, says Nancy Pelosi while speaking at the Taiwanese Parliament 

While speaking at the Taiwanese Parliament on Wednesday, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that the US had made a promise 43 years ago to always stand with Taiwan.

Nancy Pelosi, in her speech at the Taiwanese Parliament, praised President Tsai Ing-wen for her leadership of the country considering that she is one of the few female world leaders.

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Taiwan's Tsai thanks Pelosi for support, says island will not back down

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday thanked visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her concrete actions to support Taiwan at this critical moment and said the island will not back down in the face of heightened military threats.

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'Taiwan will not back down' in face of military threats: President Tsai

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen said Wednesday the island would "not back down" as a furious China geared up for military drills in retaliation for the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

"Facing deliberately heightened military threats, Taiwan will not back down. We will... continue to hold the line of defence for democracy," Tsai said at an event with Pelosi in Taipei.
 

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 US House Speaker to meet Taiwan's president tomorrow

 US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi will meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday after which she will fly out of the island in the afternoon local time

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Reports of China's Su-35 jets crossing Taiwan Strait are false, says Taipei

Taiwan's defense ministry said late on Tuesday that Chinese state media reports about China's Su-35 fighter jets crossing the sensitive Taiwan Strait separating the island from China were false. The ministry said in a statement it had a full grasp of activities near Taiwan and would appropriately dispatch forces in reaction to 'enemy threats'.

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China vows 'targeted military actions' in response to Pelosi's  visit

China's military vowed Tuesday to launch "targeted military actions" in response to US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, as tensions flare between Washington and Beijing.

"The Chinese People's Liberation Army is on high alert and will launch a series of targeted military operations to counter this, resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and resolutely thwart external interference and 'Taiwan independence' separatist attempts," PLA spokesman Wu Qian said in a statement condemning the visit.

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US solidarity with people of Taiwan more important than ever, says House Speaker

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, Pelosi said.

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Small protest erupts outside Taipei hotel where Pelosi will stay

Pelosi’s plane landed at Taipei’s Songshan airport at 22:44 pm (local time).

The US House Speaker and her delegation were greeted by local Taiwanese officials, as they alighted the plane. 

Pelosi is expected to travel by motorcade to the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Taipei where she will stay the night, reports BBC. A small demonstration is being held outside the hotel by a pro-China group with some holding up banners reading “go home warmonger”.

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Our visit honours US’ commitment to supporting Taiwan democracy, says Nancy Pelosi

Minutes after landing in Taiwan, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweeted, “Our delegation’s visit to Taiwan honors America’s unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan’s vibrant Democracy.”

“Our discussions with Taiwan leadership reaffirm our support for our partner & promote our shared interests, including advancing a free & open Indo-Pacific region.”