Peter Harris, an associate professor at CSU, explains the complicated history between Taiwan and China and why U.S. House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit was so controversial.
Pelosi received a euphoric welcome as the first U.S. House speaker to visit in more than 25 years, and China swiftly responded by announcing multiple military exercises nearby.
Before leaving, a calm but resolute Pelosi repeated previous remarks about the world facing “a choice between democracy and autocracy.”
“America’s determination to preserve democracy, here in Taiwan and around the world, remains ironclad,” she said in a short speech during a meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
The trip enraged China, which claims Taiwan as its territory and opposes any engagement by Taiwanese officials with foreign governments.
The Biden administration, and Pelosi, have said that the United States remains committed to the so-called one-China policy, which recognizes Beijing but allows informal relations and defense ties with Taipei. The administration discouraged but did not prevent Pelosi from visiting.
Nevertheless, China issued a series of harsh statements after the American delegation touched down in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei.
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Her visit meant nothing for the US , it meant tons to her insider trading.
Nvidia stocked crashed because of it
Right after she sold coincidentally…
Pelosi: on my way to do a little insider trading!
She is useless unless you're a donor
Doesn’t take a genius to know that her actions nearly started a war. She’s have happily sacrificed the country of Taiwan for virtue signaling points
Watch absolutely nothing happen from this. Then y’all can come back and read your messages 😂
Masks????? What the hell is wrong with these idiots????
China doesn't get to dictate where the leaders of other countries are allowed to travel.
We all know it means something for her because she don't give a dam about America or anyone else !
But the chips are more important…
Um who cares
Nazi Piglosi took her son along, he’s attending the Hunter Biden School on how to be a ho.
thank you 👁️👁️🌸
It brought us closer to the brink of WW3. Incompetent Democrats are everywhere
A more important question maybe..
What does the new's omission of the fact that her grifting son came along for the ride say about American Media..
China should've shot her plane down. That would do wonders for relations between Americans and the CCP.
James 5:1*-5
That selfish witch house drinker pelosi went to line her pockets set her son up for more money & put the entire world in danger!
It means that Biden will go down as the best president ever.
Funny you keep calling it an island instead of a nation. The left never planned on defending Taiwan so you can stop pretending…
I am glad my legs -shoulder an feet don't work as good as they use to when i was in Iraq, to old now to join the civil war against the democrats in America the only thing i got now is roids, hope i live long enough to see the democrats fall.
Look how stupid they all look in those surgeons masks! They were invented to keep spit and drool from falling into open wounds from doctors who are bent over surgery and other open wounds of their patients. If any of these people have a flu then even the masks won’t stop any of these people from getting it. They are just being ridiculous and it’s comical. They probably either own a mask manufacturing facility or are highly invested in it. It seems all they do is all about making money for them and their group. I have totally lost confidence in any of our politicians that don’t want to make America great again! This communist New World Order plan of theirs that destroys America before they build it back better for the super elites is not good for the majority of us. We cannot let them take our freedoms away! If they like communist China so much they can go live there then. Leave our country alone! We want freedom for the people. Not your virus creations, pandemics and restrictions! If you want to breath in plastic particles then go ahead but don’t make us and keep reusing yours please as the plastic breaks down in the oceans and fish eat them and then we eat the fish and it’s bad for us so if you would not mind, Nancy. Please just keep using the same one!!! You don’t mind if the use of it gives you a respiratory infection or lowers your blood oxygen do you Nancy? More alcohol that will kill it off. It is the Devil’s tool! It will destroy bacteria, people, families, communities and more! Watch out! It’s in the hand sanitizer! It can go through the skin and get into the blood that way too. It is known to destroy the liver! Beware! Alcohol is a poison!!!
Ummm…it meant nothing.