BREAKING: CNN reports US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Taiwan
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PELOSI IS SAID TO BE ARRIVING IN TAIPEI TOMORROW NIGHT: TVBS SOURCES
— First Squawk (@FirstSquawk) August 1, 2022
JUST IN – Pelosi will arrive in Taipei, the capital of #Taiwan, tomorrow night, the Taiwanese broadcaster TVBS reports citing sources.
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CHINA FOREIGN MINISTRY: IF HOUSE REP. SPEAKER PELOSI VISITS TAIWAN, THE CHINESE MILITARY WILL NOT SIT IDLY BY.
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Pelosi will visit Taiwan flying from Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines on August 4 and will meet with President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei. ###
Chinese media is reporting this based on info from Chinese intelligence. No confirmation from US sources.
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Tuesday night
The countdown has begun t.co/KwJF6nJ8vu
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Just in time to create a new crisis and push VIX back up pic.twitter.com/PqH2ZkWvdF
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Pelosi expected to visit Taiwan, Taiwanese and US officials say
(CNN)US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan as part of her tour of Asia, according to a senior Taiwanese government official and a US official, despite warnings from Biden administration officials, who are worried about China’s response to such a high-profile visit.
The stop — the first for a US House speaker in 25 years — is not currently on Pelosi’s public itinerary and comes at a time when US-China relations are already at a low point.
The Taiwanese official added that she is expected to stay in Taiwan overnight. It is unclear when exactly Pelosi will land in Taipei.
The US official added that defense department officials are working around the clock on monitoring any Chinese movements in the region and securing a plan to keep her safe.
The latest warning was issued during a Chinese foreign ministry regular briefing. Spokesperson Zhao Lijian also said that because of Pelosi’s status as the “No. 3 official of the U.S. government”, a visit to Taiwan, which China claims as its own, would “lead to egregious political impact”.
Pelosi was set to kick-off a tour of four Asian countries on Monday in Singapore amid intense speculation that she may risk the wrath of Beijing by also visiting self-ruled Taiwan.