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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Pelosi Lauds Taiwan, Says China’s Fury Cannot Stop Visits by World Leaders

This handout taken and released by Taiwan's Presidential Office on August 3, 2022 shows US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking, as Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen listens, in the Presidential Office in Taipei. (Handout / Taiwan Presidential Office / AFP) /

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan on Wednesday after touting its democracy and pledging American solidarity during her brief visit, adding that Chinese anger cannot stop world leaders from travelling to the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing.

China demonstrated its outrage over the highest-level US visit to the island in 25 years with a burst of military activity in surrounding waters, summoning the US ambassador in Beijing and halting several agricultural imports from Taiwan.

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