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Nancy Pelosi Expected to Visit Taiwan: Live Updates
The United States has sent a steady stream of senior officials to show solidarity with Taiwan, while President Biden has said that he would act to defend Taiwan in the event of a conflict.Credit…Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times TAIPEI, Taiwan — Speaker Nancy Pelosi was expected to arrive in Taiwan on Tuesday,…
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A Pelosi Trip to Taiwan Would Test China’s Appetite for Confrontation
Soon after Beijing’s last big confrontation with Washington over Taiwan, Xi Jinping, then a rising official in a Chinese province that faces the disputed island, joined a reserve artillery division, and later had himself photographed in military greens, cap turned backward as he peered through the sights of an antiaircraft gun. Looking tough toward the…
