U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has said she and other members of Congress visiting Taiwan are showing they will not abandon their commitment to the self-governing island. In response, China announced military exercises around the island.
Tsai, thanking Pelosi for her decades of support for Taiwan, presented the speaker with a civilian honor, the Order of the Propitious Clouds.
Pelosi addressed Beijing’s threats, saying that she hopes it’s clear “while China has stood in the way of Taiwan going to certain meetings, that they understand they will not stand in the way of people coming to Taiwan as a show of friendship and of support.” That visit was also about human rights and what she called dangerous technology transfers to “rogue countries.”
The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden has sought to tone down the volume on the visit, insisting there’s no change in America’s longstandingwhich recognizes Beijing but allows informal relations and defense ties with Taipei.
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