Nancy Pelosi Travels To Taiwan After Threats From China
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-California) landed in Taiwan on Tuesday adding to the country’s increasing tension with China. Prior to Pelosi’s arrival, China warned that if she visited during her congressional Asia trip, its military will “never sit idly by” if it feels it is being threatened as it still considers Taiwan Chinese territory though the small country has proved itself to be an island of democracy. She is the first Speaker of the House to visit the country in the past 25 years. The stop had been mentioned as a possibility, but was not been previously announced as a definite ...