Analysis
After Taiwan, Pelosi leaves rising China tensions in her wake
The visit sets the stage for new brinkmanship between China and the United States over power and influence in Asia.
Paul Mozur, Amy Chang Chien, John Liu and Chris Buckley
Seoul | After weeks of silence before a high-stakes visit to Taiwan, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was anything but understated on Wednesday during a day of high-profile meetings in which she offered support for Taiwan and irked China.
Pelosi met with Taiwanese lawmakers then with Taiwan’s President, Tsai Ing-wen, offering full-throated assurances of US support for the island democracy that China claims as its own.
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