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Almost British punctuality. It was a minute after 6 p.m. (minus seven in Lisbon) when the plane carrying the president of the US Congress, Nancy Pelosi, took off from the Songshan airport in Taipei. Behind her, waving her arm in the air, was the president of the island, Tsai Ing-wen.
Pelosi is now heading to South Korea and, in the wake of Beijing’s unwanted visit, there is now China’s military maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait. It is yet another chapter in the dispute between the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of China, the name that Taiwan claims.
In a visit lasting less than 24 hours, Pelosi visited Parliament in Taipei on Wednesday before meeting ROC head of state Tsai Ing-wen. In the end, he left promises that the friendship between Taiwan and the United States will continue, “now and for decades to come.”
Nancy Pelosi used the social network twitter to underscore this, that “now and for decades to come” Americans are committed to friendship with Taiwan.
“Make no mistake: The United States remains steadfast in its commitment to the people of Taiwan, now and for decades to come,” the House Speaker wrote.
Pelosi received from the hands of the president of the island, Tsai Ing-wen, the decoration of the Order of the Propitia Clouds, with a Great Special Cord, and understood it as “a symbol of the precious friendship” between both countries.
Our delegation had the privilege of meeting with the President of Taiwan @Iingwen This day.
We discussed how the United States and Taiwan can deepen our economic ties, further strengthen our security partnership, and uphold our shared democratic values. pic.twitter.com/VL509UYK4x
— Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) August 3, 2022
In response to Pelosi’s visit, the People’s Liberation Army on Tuesday sent 21 military aircraft to the Taiwan Air Defense Identification Zone.
To this show of force, Beijing decided to add decrees to suspend imports of citrus fruits, frozen bamboo shoots and exports of fish and sand to Taiwan.
Beijing says those who ‘offend China must be punished’
Source: Observadora
