the speculation has been swirling for days, but it wasn t until this moment with her plane on final approach that we were sure nancy pelosi would defy beijing and become the most senior us politician to visit taiwan in a quarter of a century. for days, china has been making ominous threats that it would not stand by and allow it to happen. taiwan is now braced to see how beijing might respond, although the rhetoric from china s foreign ministry today was less aggressive. translation: if the us continues down the wrong path, we will take strong and resolute measures to ensure our sovereignty and security interests. in taipei, the mood remains calm but defiant, the island s tallest skyscraper was lit up tonight with a message of welcome. i think this time if speaker pelosi can come to taiwan, it would be a crucial time for the united states to show their support to taiwan,
to taiwan s democracy. you can see that not everybody in taiwan is delighted by nancy pelosi s arrival here, but on the whole, most people welcome a visit by such a senior us politician. in fact, the taiwanese government would like more such visits, not one every 25 years. but ms pelosi coming here does not by itself change the grim calculus now facing taiwan, which is a serious and growing threat from china which since the russia s invasion of ukraine, suddenly looks a lot more real. gunfire. half an hour outside taipei in this disused factory, young taiwanese are learning basic gun skills. since the invasion of ukraine, enrolment on these courses has jumped by 50%. many of the new recruits are women. next door, this man and his friends are undergoing more advanced training.
learning to work as a team and to evacuate the wounded. they used to do this for fun, but now it is much more serious. this is my home country, this is all i want, to protect it. i want to live here with my family, that s all. some critics say if taiwan wants america or any other country to help it fend off the threat from china, then it has to show that it is willing to fight. that is exactly what these young taiwanese men and women want to show nancy pelosi and anyone else who will listen. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, taiwan. i m joined now by by our chinese editor howard zhang how are tensions between the two countries right now, very high? igrate countries right now, very high? we
as you ve all seen the speaker of the house nancy pelosi arrived in taiwan early the smarty east coast time. as we have said the speaker has the right to visit taiwan and the speaker of the house has visited taiwan before with out incident i said many members of congress over the years including this year. this trip was the speakers decision and congress is an independent branch of government, you all know that. we are monitoring her travel as we always do for members of congress and we take it all appropriate measures to assure the safety of her travel throughout the region. let me be clear, the speakers visit is totally consistent with our long standing next anyone china policy. we ve been very clear that nothing has changed about a one china policy, which is guided by the taiwan relations act, throughjoint and the six assurances. we ve said that we oppose any unilateral changes to the status quote from
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