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Why is Pelosi’s possible Taiwan trip fuelling US-China tensions?

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been a longtime critic of China [File: J Scott Applewhite/AP Photo]

United States House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to arrive in Taiwan following weeks of soaring tensions between Beijing and Washington over her potential visit to the self-governing island that China claims as its own territory.

Pelosi, a longtime critic of China, arrived in Malaysia on Tuesday, her second stop on a regional tour that has sparked rage in Beijing after reports that the house speaker will also visit Taipei.

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