According to my colleague @tingtingliuTVBS from @TVBS_NEWS, @TVBS_ENGLISH, U.S House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will be very likely to arrive in Taipei tomorrow night. TVBS also revealed that the team has already booked two hotels. https://t.co/3viWPpzbUa
— Yang Chien-Hao (@yangchienhao) August 1, 2022
* Two unnamed officials told CNN on Monday that Pelosi will touch down in Taiwan, despite Chinese threats of a military response
* Reports from TVBS News in Taiwan have said Pelosi could arrive in Taipei as early as tomorrow night
* The visit will inflame tensions with China, which considers Taiwan a territory
* Chinese officials have warned that they will not sit 'idly by' if Pelosi visits
* Last week, they went as far as to say they would shoot down Pelosi's congressional jet if it is detected in Chinese airspace with a military escort
* China's Xi Jinping warned Biden 'not to play with fire' over Taiwan last week
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan on her trip to Asia, despite warnings from China that its military 'will not sit idly by' if she does.
Senior Taiwanese government officials and a US official both told CNN that the stop is on her trip, even though it is not on her public itinerary.
Reports from TVBS News in Taiwan have said Pelosi could arrive in Taipei as early as tomorrow night and her team has booked two hotels, although there is no mention of the visit in her official itinerary. The US official added that defense department officials were working on securing a plan to keep her safe, according to CNN.
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WNU Editor: Hotels have been booked. Security being beefed up. Yup .... she is going to Taiwan.
Update #1: Pelosi expected to visit Taiwan, Taiwanese and US officials say (CNN)
WNU Editor: Hotels have been booked. Security being beefed up. Yup .... she is going to Taiwan.
There is a time and place for the U.S. to send a diplomatic and political message to China when it comes to Taiwan. Now is not the time. The Ukraine war is escalating, and Europe is facing a very real energy and economic crisis that needs to be addressed right now. Pelosi's trip to Taiwan is just a distraction, and it will raise tensions to an unnecessary level.
Update #2: China has responded .... China’s military ‘will not sit idly by’ if Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan (The Guardian). More here .... China says military "won't sit idly by" if Pelosi visits Taiwan(Axios).
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