Nancy Pelosi heads to Asia a day after Chinese leader Xi Jinping warns US not to 'play with fire' over Taiwan
Fri, July 29, 2022 at 4:30 AM
Prospect of a Nancy Pelosi trip to Taiwan jolts Washington as well as Beijing
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"In 1995, at a heated moment in US-China relations, a junior member of Congress named Nancy Pelosi lashed out at Beijing for thinking it could stop a senior politician from travelling between Taiwan and the United States."
“Let us not let China violate human rights, trade and proliferation and then dictate to us whether the president of Taiwan can come into this country,” Pelosi said in a speech on the House floor, urging the White House to ignore Beijing’s demands and let Taiwanese leader Lee Teng-hui make a highly symbolic trip onto US soil."
"Twenty-seven years later, Pelosi is now the speaker of the House of Representatives, and once again Beijing is trying to stop a symbolic trip between the US and Taiwan: hers."