game? let s bring in michael pillsbury, senior fellow at hudson institute and author of book the 100-year their mono. marathon. michael, thanks very much, indeed, for joining us. thanks. gerry: a lot of sound and tour fury around speaker pelosi s itinerary. did this visit achieve anything? well, it achieved a lot, but a lot depends on what nancy pelosi does when she gets home to washington. she refused to join a series of republican initiatives including a task force to deal with china. she s kind of cold shoulderedded any cooperation across a broad range of issues. so if she changes that approach when she gets back, then trip will have had a huge impact probably on her. as you know, she was quite the china hawk back in the 90s, demonstrating in beijing on behalf of tiananmen students who were killed, doing a whole series of things to hurt china badly. she then shifted over to a more moderate view, and if she shifts back now to how she was in the 1990s, that will b
chinese also had live-fire exercises, but they were along the beach in china. they didn t reach out and encircle taiwan the way these do, so this is an escalation. it s also a gesture by xi jinping to his hawkish advisers, or i m willing to do something about nancy pelosi s probe of us to test how much the americans can get away with. i think you know mike pompeo in march went over to taiwan and made an amazing offer. he said he personally believes we should have diplomatic recognition of taiwan. taiwan did not respond, partly because they were afraid of the consequences, but that is an american gesture that undose 50 years undoes 50 years of the one china policy. it strikes at the foundation of the u.s.-china arrangement henry kissinger negotiated. in the chinese point of view, what they see is the erosion of their position even as they get stronger. that s what i think means they re going to have additional
nikki haley, maryland democratic senator ben cardin weighing in on the senate vote. fox news sunday, 2 the p.m. eastern right here on fox news or check your local listings for when it airs on your fox station. arthel? arthel: i will check it out and hope you check us out in one hour. mike: thank you. paul: welcome to the editorial journal editorial report, i m gerry baker. china has halted talks with the united states and is conducting live-fire drills as house speaker nancy pelosi s visit to taiwan sparks a fierce back a lash and pushes tensions to a new high. the latest clash comes as president xi jinping prepares to seek a third term in power this fall. so why is china reacting so forcefully, and what is xi s end