country, with its own national flag and its own democratically elected president. it is not some renegade province of china. but beijing has used its considerable economic and political clout to make sure this place is recognised by almost nobody. and that s why nancy pelosi s trip here today has been so important to them. they also knew china might retaliate, and that is exactly what it s now doing. china has declared these six areas around taiwan closed to all air and sea traffic, starting from midday on thursday until midday on sunday. some of them encroach on taiwan s own territorial waters. in beijing, the foreign ministry said china had been forced into taking these actions. translation: for days, china has repeatedly - expressed its opposition to pelosi s taiwan visit, but the us and the taiwan separatist forces seem not to have heard. in this case, china can only speak
happy that she can come. and, more importantly, that people can show their excitement that, you know, that they re very welcome. to most people here, taiwan is a proud, independent country, with its own national flag and its own democratically elected president. it is not some renegade province of china. but beijing has used its considerable economic and political clout to make sure this place is recognised by almost nobody. and that s why nancy pelosi s trip here today has been so important to them. they also knew china might retaliate, and that is exactly what it s now doing. china has declared these six areas around taiwan closed to all air and sea traffic, starting from midday on thursday until midday on sunday. some of them encroach on taiwan s own territorial waters. in beijing, the foreign ministry said china had been forced into taking these actions.
so important to them. they also knew china might retaliate, and that is exactly what it s now doing. china has declared these six areas around taiwan closed to all air and sea traffic, starting from midday on thursday until midday on sunday. some of them encroach on taiwan s own territorial waters. in beijing, the foreign ministry said china had been forced into taking these actions. into taking these actions. translation: for days, china has repeatedly - expressed its opposition to pelosi s taiwan visit, but the us and the taiwan separatist forces seem not to have heard. in this case, china can only speak to them in a language that they can understand. china s state television has been showing warplanes and navalforces mobilising, and ballistic missile carriers on the move. taiwan s defence ministry says china may be preparing to blockade the island. if so, we could be heading for the most serious crisis
what it s now doing. china has declared these six areas around taiwan closed to all air and sea traffic, starting from midday on thursday until midday on sunday. some of them encroach on taiwan s own territorial waters. in beijing, the foreign ministry said china had been forced into taking these actions. translation: for days, china has repeatedly - expressed its opposition to pelosi s taiwan visit, but the us and the taiwan separatist forces seem not to have heard. in this case, china can only speak to them in a language that they can understand. china s state television has been showing warplanes and navalforces mobilising, and ballistic missile carriers on the move. taiwan s defence ministry says china may be preparing to blockade the island. if so, we could be heading for the most serious crisis in more than 20 years. rupert wingfield hayes,
joining us now, nbc s keer simmons and evalyn farcus. vladamir putin sounding like the reasonable broker attempting to be the reasonable broker of some kind of deal with north korea. reporter: yeah. sounding like it, lawrence. we are here in russia on the pacific coast, 14 time zones away from you. so while it s evening here, it s after midday on thursday here. and there is a president here posing as a peacemaker and his name is vladamir putin. he met with the leader of south korea. he is now here on thursday,