also reported that china flew 21 war planes into taiwan s self-declared air defense zone. this is an incursion that china has frequently been making, near daily, over the last few weeks. this is also a time when chinese president xi jinping cannot look weak. we were expecting some sort of show of military strength and force. we are just months away from a key political meeting when xi jinping is expected to be reanointed for an unprecedented third term, and while it is true that 25 years ago, a house speaker from the u.s. had also visited taiwan, so this isn t unprecedented, the china of today is vastly different. it is more powerful economically, militarily. it is more aggressive and confident, and the leader at the top does not take humiliation or insults lightly. and a big question as we see how this trip plays out and china s reaction is, what is the end result of this all going to be? is it going to make taiwan more secure? what does it mean for the future of u.s.-china relations?
there are been several com comprising democrat lawmakers in recent months. the difference here is that this is the speaker of the house third most powerful arguably discovering that. that is a fact that chinese leads take seriously second in the line to the presidency. we have salina in beijing. now that this has happened, have you seen reaction or heard reaction from chinese officials or state media? reporter: we have just heard from state media there are pla fighter jets crossing the taijuan straights. we have not confirmed how far they re going to take that. china has been regularly sending war planes around taijuan s self-declared air defense zone so fe with not confirmed where that will go. most experts i ve been speaking to say we could see a mixture of economic coercion and diplomatic coercion including a show of the military force and the buildup to the moment coinciding with celebrations for china s military day. we have seen more of these
of inside politics sunday. 21 war planes from china into taiwan s air defense zone. stu stand on the coast you might be able to hear the military exercises, some with live fire around taiwan. the ambassador from the u.s. has been summoned by the chinese counterpart. there s been cyber attack. here we are in the next few hours, will this escalate further as pelosi goes to these meetings? thanks for the opportunity. i would hope not. i would hope this would be a measured response from china, which we expected, based on speaker pelosi s visit but that cooler heads would prevail and there would be some exercise or activity that will take place for the next few days or so. and the cyber intrusions that you mentioned already.
house speaker nancy pelosi is in taipei. china is lashing out. nearly two dozen war planes crossing into taiwan s air defense zone. just after 7 a.m. local time in taipei as i m speaking. speaker pelosi is getting ready to meet with taiwan s president and to visit taiwan s parliament in just these next hours. as we await the meetings and await to see the speaker leave her hotel, chinese president xi has placed them on high alert and launched military exercises around taiwan. the red boxes that are going to pop up, each indicate a place where chinese exercises are now taking place. tonight the biden administration is warning china. there s no reason, as i said yesterday, for beijing to turn this visit, which is consistent with longstanding u.s. policy, into some sort of crisis or use it as a pretexts to increase
well. state media reported on a in i will taker drill this week on the chinese province just across the sea from taiwan and at a military press conference today, the military spokesperson said that china s warplanes and its capabilities to fly around taiwan would bolster its abilities in any potential conflict. and in recent weeks we ve seen they re daily incursions of chinese warplanes in to the self declared air defense zone. so all of this and angry statements from the military, from official sources in china, all of that points to how much beijing does not want this trip to happen. and in that two hour plus call between president biden and xi jin jinping, xi jinping said that they firmly don t allow forces any n. whatever form, those who