China cannot stop other world leaders visiting Taiwan, says Nancy Pelosi

Around the World, The GuardianLeave a comment

Chi­na can­not stop oth­er world lead­ers vis­it­ing Tai­wan, says Nan­cy Pelosi US House speak­er leaves island as Chi­na orders live-fire drills off coast 02:13 The US House speak­er, Nan­cy Pelosi, has said Bei­jing can­not pre­vent world lead­ers from trav­el­ling to Tai­wan, as she depart­ed from the island on Wednes­day to con­tin­ue her tour of Asia. In a…

But CAN the United States defend Taiwan?

Around the WorldLeave a comment

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden has yet again stat­ed that if Chi­na attacked Tai­wan to reuni­fy what Bei­jing sees as a rene­gade province with the main­land, the Unit­ed States would come to Taiwan’s mil­i­tary defense. White House staff has again fol­lowed up these off-the-cuff pres­i­den­tial com­ments with a “clar­i­fi­ca­tion” that in fact, strate­gic ambi­gu­i­ty remains Amer­i­can pol­i­cy. Somewhat…