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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen pose for a photo during a meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, August 3, 2022
SPEAKER of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi arrived in South Korea today but the fallout from her provocative and dangerous visit to Taiwan continued.
The US official is to meet Republic of Korea national assembly chairman Kim Jin Pyo on Thursday, but her visit will be overshadowed by her inflammatory stop in Taiwan.
Ms Pelosi, a vehement opponent of China, claimed to support Taiwanese sovereignty and badged her trip to the island as one that upholds the principles of democracy.
The cancelled China trip of the German Foreign Minister marks a break with Helmut Schmidt’s China policy and drives Germany further into Washington’s confrontation course, warns SEVIM DAGDELEN
From 35,000 troops in Talisman Sabre war games to HMS Spey provocations in the Taiwan Strait, Labour continues Tory militarisation — all while claiming to uphold ‘one China’ diplomatic agreements from 1972, reports KENNY COYLE
