Pelosi lands in Taiwan amid warning US will pay the price for visit
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday in a visit that defied warnings from China
Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied Beijing on Tuesday when she landed in Taiwan after repeated warnings from the Chinese not to visit the island nation, which they said marked a 'violation of the one-China principle.'
Her Air Force plane - with its distinctive blue and white colors and American flag on the tail - touched down in Taipei at 10:45 pm local time.
She disembarked a few minutes later, wearing a pink pants suit and white face mask. A contingent of Taiwan officials, including Foreign Minister Joseph Wu, greeted her on the tarmac.
China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately blasted the move, calling it a 'serious disregard of China's strong opposition and violation of one-China principle.'
'It has a severe impact on the political foundations of China-U.S. relations and seriously infringes upon China's sovereignty and territorial integrity,' the ministry said.
Pelosi's visit makes her the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the island in 25 years. It enraged China, which sees the self-governing island nation as its own territory, despite never having governed it. Chinese President Xi Jinping has threatened to unite the two nations by force.
Pelosi said her trip was to show America's committment to democracy.
'Our Congressional delegation's visit to Taiwan honors America's unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan's vibrant Democracy,' Pelosi said in a statement released shortly after she landed.
The Chinese, meanwhile, backed up their warnings with a show of force, including live-fire drills. Soon after Pelosi landed, Beijing said the People's Liberation Army would hold military exercises around the island - defying White House urgings to lower the temperature.
The exercises will take place from August 4 to 7, when the PLA 'will conduct important military exercises and training activities including live-fire drills in the following maritime areas and their air space bounded by lines joining,' according to the state Xinjua News Agency.
Additionally, Taipei claimed that more than 20 Chinese military planes entered Taiwan's airspace on day of Pelosi's visit. As the speaker's Air Force C40 approached Taipei, Chinese Air Force Su-35 fighter jets were crossing the Taiwan Straits, local media outlets reported.
And chilling footage shared on Chinese social network Weibo appears to show amphibious tanks on the coast of Fujian along the Taiwan Strait. Further footage showed military equipment on the move in the city of Xiamen.
The White House defended Pelosi's right to go to Taiwan even as President Joe Biden's administration pointed out the speaker makes her own decisions, heads a different branch of government and that there have been no changes to the United States' one-China policy.
The administration also warned Beijing not to harm the speaker.
Eight US F-15 fighter jet and five tanker aircraft took off from a U.S. base in Okinawa to provide protection for Pelosi's flight, NHK reported.
Taiwan gave Pelosi a warm welcome. The island's tallest building, TAIPEI 101, lit up with a welcome message for Speaker Pelosi and supporters held welcome signs out of the hotel she will reportedly stay in.
Her visit, which was never publicly announced due to security reasons, is part of a broader trip she is taking to Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan.
'Our discussions with Taiwan leadership will focus on reaffirming our support for our partner and on promoting our shared interests, including advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific region. America's solidarity with the 23 million people of Taiwan is more important today than ever, as the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy,' Pelosi said.
And she reaffirmed America's one-China policy.
'Our visit is one of several Congressional delegations to Taiwan - and it in no way contradicts longstanding United States policy, guided by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, U.S.-China Joint Communiques and the Six Assurances. The United States continues to oppose unilateral efforts to change the status quo,' she noted.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi tweeted a photo of the Congressional delegation's arrival in Taipei with the words: 'Our visit reiterates that America stands with Taiwan: a robust, vibrant democracy and our important partner in the Indo-Pacific'
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Air Force plane - with its distinctive blue and white colors and American flag on the tail - touched down in Taipei at 10:45 pm local time
Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied repeated warnings from the Chinese not to visit Taiwan
Speaker Pelosi disembarking from her Air Force jet
Speaker Nancy Pelosi waves after her arrival on Taiwan
The speaker was greeted by Taiwan Foreign Minister Joseph Wu
Police officers stand guard outside Grand Hyatt hotel as demonstrators take part in a protest against U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit in Taipei
Surrounded: China is planning live fire military exercises around Taiwan from August 4-7, the Xinjua News Agency announced
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi in her car arriving at her hotel in Taipei, where she was cheered on by locals
Supporters hold a banner outside the hotel where U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is supposed to be staying in Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwan's tallest building, TAIPEI 101, lit up with a welcome message for Speaker Pelosi
A US military aircraft with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on board prepares to land at Sungshan Airport in Taipei
Chilling footage shared on Chinese social network Weibo appears to show amphibious tanks on the coast of Fujian along the Taiwan Strait
Pelosi is the highest-ranking U.S. elected official to visit Taiwan since 1997. The White House is aware of her location.
'The speaker's flying aboard a military aircraft so we'll know,' spokesman John Kirby said at Monday's press briefing when asked how the White House would know if Pelosi touched down in Taiwain.
A group of 26 Republican senators released a statement supporting the speaker's trip.
'We support Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan. For decades, members of the United States Congress, including previous Speakers of the House, have travelled to Taiwan. This travel is consistent with the United States' One China policy to which we are committed. We are also committed now, more than ever, to all elements of the Taiwan Relations,' the senators said.
The speaker's Air Force jet left the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday morning, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24. The site later crashed after 300,000 people tried to chart Pelosi's journey.
Beijing earlier warned that the United States will 'pay the price' if Pelosi visits Taiwan while Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Tuesday that those U.S. politicians who 'play with fire' on the Taiwan issue will 'come to no good end'.
Moscow also weighed in and accused the U.S. of 'destabilizing' the world by allowing Pelosi to visit Taiwan.
Amid the intensifying warnings from China over Pelosi's visit, four US warships, including the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, were positioned in waters east of Taiwan on 'routine' deployments.
The carrier USS Ronald Reagan had transited the South China Sea and was currently in the Philippines Sea, east of Taiwan and the Philippines and south of Japan, a US Navy official confirmed on Tuesday. The Japanese-based Reagan is operating with a guided missile cruiser, USS Antietam, and a destroyer, USS Higgins.
The US Navy official said the amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli was also in the area as part of a deployment to the region that started in early May from its home port of San Diego.
Taipei has vowed to defend itself and dispatch its military forces in reaction to 'enemy threats' as risk of Beijing attacking Taiwan grows.
Taiwan has also made strengthening its defenses a priority, with regular military and civil defense drills, including designating air-raid shelters where civilians can take cover if Beijing launches missiles at the democratic island.
Self-governed Taiwan's 23 million people live under the constant threat of invasion by authoritarian China, which views the island as its territory and has vowed to one day seize it, by force if necessary.
It comes as comes as signs emerge of military activity on both sides of the Taiwan Strait ahead of Pelosi's visit.
In a 'provocative' move, several Chinese warplanes flew close to the median line dividing the Taiwan strait on Tuesday. Meanwhile, several Chinese warships had remained close to the unofficial dividing line since Monday, a source briefed on the matter said.
A source said both Chinese warships and aircraft 'squeezed' the median line on Tuesday morning, an unusual move the person described as 'very provocative.'
The person said the Chinese aircraft repeatedly conducted tactical moves of briefly 'touching' the median line and circling back to the other side of the strait on Tuesday morning, while Taiwanese aircraft were on standby nearby.
Neither side's aircraft normally cross the median line.
Video shared by China showed off their military as soldiers in the footage vowed to fight to the death to defend their 'motherland'.
'We are fully prepared for any eventuality. Fight upon order, bury every intruder, and move toward joint and successful operations,' the troops said, reports Chinese state media outlet The Global Times.
'We are PLA soldiers, we swear to defend the motherland to the death.'
Chilling footage shared on Chinese social network Weibo appears to show amphibious tanks on the coast of Fujian along the Taiwan Strait
Further footage shows military equipment on the move in the Chinese city of Xiamen
Amid the intensifying warnings from China over Pelosi's visit, four US ships, including the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan (file photo), were positioned in waters east of Taiwan on 'routine' deployments
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Beijing's warning came as Pelosi left the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday morning, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24 and witnesses. Pelosi's delegation is due to arrive in Taipei at 10:20 a.m. on Tuesday, after visiting Malaysia, sources told the Taiwanese newspaper, Liberty Times
Pelosi's jet left the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday morning, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24. The site later crashed after 300,000 people tried to chart Pelosi's journey.
Pelosi's visit has sparked heightened tensions between Taiwan and China - and in response to new fears that Beijing could attack Taipei, the democratic island is preparing its air-raid shelters. Pictured: People demonstrate taking shelter with their hands covering their eyes and ears while keeping their mouth open, during a drill at a basement parking lot that will be used as an air-raid shelter in the event of an attack, in Taipei, on July 22
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Taiwan has vowed to defend itself and has made strengthening its defenses a priority, with regular military and civil defense drills.
The preparations include designating shelters where people can take cover if Chinese missiles start flying in, not in purpose-built bunkers but in underground spaces like basement car parks, the subway system and subterranean shopping centers.
The capital of Taipei has more than 4,600 such shelters that can accommodate some 12 million people, more than four times its population.
Taiwan's Defense Ministry on Tuesday said it has a full grasp of military activities near Taiwan and will appropriately dispatch forces in reaction to 'enemy threats.'
China's defense and foreign ministries did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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