On Wednesday, China banned some imports from Taiwan, including citrus fruit and fish. ambassador in Beijing to convey the country’s protests the same night. The People’s Liberation Army Air Force also flew a contingent of 21 warplanes toward Taiwan.Ĭhinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng summoned the U.S. Shortly after Pelosi landed Tuesday night, China announced live-fire drills that reportedly started that night, as well as the four-day exercises starting Thursday. The last House speaker to visit Taiwan was Newt Gingrich in 1997.Ĭhina’s response came on multiple fronts - military, diplomatic and economic. Pelosi’s trip heightened U.S.-China tensions more than visits by other members of Congress because of her high-level position as leader of the House of Representatives. officials “don’t believe we’re at the brink now, and there’s certainly no reason for anybody to be talking about being at the brink going forward.” He told ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Wednesday that U.S.
In Washington, John Kirby, spokesperson for the National Security Council, sought to tamp down fears.
Using live fire in a country’s territorial airspace or waters is risky, Wang said, because under international rules of engagement, it can be seen as an act of war. Thanking Pelosi for her decades of support for Taiwan, the president presented her with a civilian honor, the Order of the Propitious Clouds.Ī day earlier, China’s official Xinhua News Agency announced the military operations and showed a map outlining six different areas around Taiwan.Īrthur Zhin-Sheng Wang, a defense studies expert at Taiwan’s Central Police University, said three of the areas infringe on Taiwanese waters, meaning they are within 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers) of shore. She also met with some of Taiwan’s most prominent rights activists, including an exiled former Hong Kong bookseller who was detained by Chinese authorities, Lam Wing-kee. In other activities, Pelosi visited a human rights museum in Taipei that details the history of the island’s martial-law era. The exercises, including those involving live fire, are to start Thursday and will be the biggest aimed at Taiwan since 1995, when China fired missiles in a large-scale exercise to show its displeasure over a visit by then-Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui to the U.S. “We will firmly uphold our nation’s sovereignty and continue to hold the line of defense for democracy.” “Facing deliberately heightened military threats, Taiwan will not back down,” Tsai said at her meeting with Pelosi. Taiwanese President Tsai pushed back firmly against Beijing’s military exercises, parts of which will enter Taiwanese waters.
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Nevertheless, China issued a series of harsh statements after the American delegation touched down late Tuesday in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei. 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.
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