The People’s Republic of China protested the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in numerous ways. During her visit on Wednesday, Pelosi emphasized that the United States will not abandon Taiwan.
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, on Tuesday in the early evening Finnish time.
Pelosi has spoken today with Taiwanese lawmakers and continued directly to meet the president Tsai Ing-wen with.
Pelosi told the Taiwanese president that her visit to the island makes it unequivocally clear that the United States will not abandon Taiwan. Pelosi said at a news conference after the meeting that US solidarity with Taiwan is even more important.
Nancy Pelosi is the highest US representative to visit Taiwan in 25 years.
Before her visit to Taiwan, Pelosi visited Singapore and Malaysia, and the next destinations on her Asian tour are Japan and South Korea.
Taiwan raised its alert level
Pelosi’s arrival in Taiwan has heightened tensions between China, Taiwan and the United States.
– The visit has serious effects on the political basis of relations between China and the United States and deeply violates China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced on Tuesday.
According to the Taiwanese government, the country’s military has raised its alert level during the visit.
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen said Wednesday that the island “will not back down” as a furious China prepares for military exercises in retaliation for Pelosi’s visit.
According to some reports, China plans to hold large-scale military exercises in the vicinity starting Thursday after Pelosi leaves Taiwan.
China reacted to the visit with economic sanctions
China announced on Wednesday that it would impose economic sanctions on Taiwan, the speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi Because of his visit to Taiwan.
China imposed export sanctions on natural sand and import bans on fruit and fish products. Natural sand is used, among other things, for the production of concrete.
China is Taiwan’s largest trading partner. The value of trade between the two countries last year was around 328 billion dollars.
China also threatened Britain with “severe sanctions”.
Chinese Ambassador to Britain Zheng Zeguang commented on Tuesday that Britain will also face serious sanctions if the country’s lawmakers visit Taiwan.