The Latest Breaking News from Nancy Pelosi

Biden 'concerned' as China extends military drills around Taiwan

(This Aug 7 story corrects quote from Chinese foreign ministry in par 30 to 'waters off its own territory' not 'in our own waters')

Reuters · Aug 8, 2022

Rep. Krishnamoorthi defends Taiwan visit with Speaker Pelosi; huddles with Amb. Emanuel in Japan

“Let me put it this way,” Krishnamoorthi said Sunday. “I think that the Prime Minister of Japan said he gets a lot of advice from Rahm Emanuel directly.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 7, 2022

Time to tone down Taiwan tensions

It was a picture-perfect shot, really. That was my thought when I saw US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi standing side by side with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei last Wednesday. But the one-day visit to the self-ruled island by the 82-year-old American politician has created no end of tension,…

Bangkok Post · Aug 7, 2022

China’s 'military threat' to Taiwan 'is much more credible than it was 20 years ago'

Dozens of Chinese military aircraft and ships entered Taiwan's air defence zone from Friday to Sunday, as Beijing launched its largest-ever military exercises around the island. These manoeuvres allowed Western military experts to study the modernisation of the Chinese army.

France 24 · Aug 7, 2022

China: Taiwan is Not Part of US but Chinese Territory

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that Taiwan is not part of the United States but Chinese territory, in the latest diplomatic invective against US policy since a visit to Taiwan by US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The United States has been engaging in "sophistry" on…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 7, 2022

Taiwan is not a part of U.S. but Chinese territory, says Chinese foreign minister

Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Sunday that Taiwan is not part of the United States but Chinese territory, in the latest diplomatic invective against U.S. policy since a visit to Taiwan by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

Reuters · Aug 7, 2022

China announces additional military drills near Taiwan

New military exercises will take place in the Yellow and Bohai Seas.

Axios · Aug 7, 2022

Fading global cooperation will make this crisis worse than the recession of 2008

The global financial crisis brought large economies together but the current crisis comes at a time of deep division

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2022

China keeps up pressure on Taiwan with 4th day of drills

China says it carried out its fourth consecutive day of military drills in the air and sea around Taiwan in the wake of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the self-ruled island, despite international calls to calm the tensions

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2022

Pelosi’s ‘reckless’ Taiwan visit deepens US-China rupture – why did she go?

The speaker insisted she was promoting democracy but critics suggest a last hurrah before she loses the gavel in November

The Guardian - US · Aug 7, 2022