Pelosi defends trip to Taiwan

Pelosi defends trip to Taiwan

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended her controversial visit to Taiwan. “We will not allow China to isolate Taiwan,” the Democratic politician in Washington said on Wednesday. For example, the People’s Republic is preventing Taiwan from becoming a member of the World Health Organization. “But they don’t stop us from going to Taiwan,” Pelosi said. There was criticism of her visit earlier this month, mainly from China, but also from other countries.

Referring to the US military’s assessment of the visit, Pelosi said, “I don’t remember them telling us not to travel.” thinks it’s a good idea at the moment.”

In response to the US politician’s visit to Taiwan, China had been conducting large-scale military exercises around the island’s democratic republic for the past week and was also practicing a conquest. The Chinese leadership rejects official contacts from other countries with Taiwan because they see the island as part of the People’s Republic. On the other hand, Taiwan has long considered itself independent. Pelosi – number three by protocol in the US – was the highest-ranking US politician in Taiwan for a quarter of a century.

Meanwhile, Beijing has published the first white paper on the Taiwan issue in 22 years. In this, China promises the island state a special status after unification. But the choice of words is different from 2000.