Eye of the storm: Taiwan at the centre of Sino-US tensions

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TAIPEI — US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan and met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in August in defiance of Chinese warnings for the trip not to take place. Angered at what it perceived as US support for Taiwan's de facto independence — a red line for Beijing — China launched war games near the island it claims as its...

A newspaper front page reporting about US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pictured in Taipei, Taiwan on Aug 2, 2022.and met Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in August in defiance of Chinese warnings for the trip not to take place.

Tsai says only the island's 23 million people can decide their future through democracy, and that while she wants dialogue and peace with China and will not provoke, Taiwan will defend itself if attacked. China has long said Taiwan is the most important and sensitive issue in its relations with the US, a message Chinese President Xi Jinping reiterated to US President Joe Biden when they met in Bali last month.The US, like most countries, has no formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, but is bound by law to provide the island with the means to defend itself.

 

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