The trip to Taiwan by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the way President Xi Jinping is formulating Beijing responses will be assessed and become a criterion
The Biden administration says its commitment to the region has only deepened, but critics say the tensions over Taiwan show that Washington needs stronger military and economic strategies.
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, bbc news, in taipei. you have seen and heard the view from taiwan. john kirby, a spokesman for the us security council, has been speaking to the bbc about china s reaction to ms pelosi s visit to taiwan. certainly watching this as
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. 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.
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. 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.