{"id":63052,"date":"2022-07-19T18:49:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-19T16:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/china-warns-us-house-speaker-nancy-pelosis-planned-visit-to-taiwan-will-have-consequences"},"modified":"2022-07-19T21:32:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T19:32:47","slug":"china-warns-us-house-speaker-nancy-pelosis-planned-visit-to-taiwan-will-have-consequences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/china-warns-us-house-speaker-nancy-pelosis-planned-visit-to-taiwan-will-have-consequences","title":{"rendered":"China Warns US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s Planned Visit To Taiwan Will Have Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>China has vowed to take a \u201cresolute and strong\u201d response to any Taiwan visit by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, setting the stage for a possible showdown over the reported landmark trip.<\/p>\n

Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Tuesday Pelosi\u2019s plan to lead a delegation to Taipei next month, which was reported by the Financial Times, would have a \u201cgrave impact\u201d on US-China ties.<\/p>\n

China had issued a similar warning about a planned Pelosi visit in April before she contracted COVID-19 and cancelled the trip.<\/p>\n

Al Jazeera quotes Zhao Lijian as saying the visit would seriously undermine China\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the United States would bear the consequences of its response.<\/p>\n

If her trip goes ahead, Pelosi will be the first sitting Speaker of the House to visit Taiwan since Newt Gingrich travelled to the territory in 1997 to meet then-President Lee Teng-hui.<\/p>\n

The timing of Gingrich\u2019s trip was noteworthy as it came a year after Taiwan\u2019s first democratic elections were held in 1996.<\/p>\n

Pelosi\u2019s expected visit will take place at a significant low point for US-China and China-Taiwan relations. China is also preparing for its all-important Party Congress in October and the 95th anniversary of the founding of the People\u2019s Liberation Army on August 1.<\/p>\n

Wen-Ti Sung, who teaches at the Australian National University\u2019s Taiwan Studies programme predicted that China might signal its discontent by sending People\u2019s Liberation Army planes into Taiwan\u2019s air defence identification zone (ADIZ), a stretch of land and sea along the Chinese coast monitored by the military. He told Al Jazeera:<\/p>\n

Beijing will likely warn against potential collusion between US and Taiwan\u2019s ruling DPP, possibly coupled with increase in PLA warplanes activities near Taiwan\u2019s ADIZ. That will publicly register Beijing\u2019s displeasure, but may be plausibly interpreted more as aimed at deterring Taiwan, than protesting against an American congressional leader.<\/p>\n

China sees self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be part of the country again. China\u2019s President Xi Jinping has said \u201creunification\u201d with Taiwan \u201cmust be fulfilled\u201d \u2013 and has not ruled out the possible use of force to achieve this.<\/p>\n

However, Taiwan, an island, roughly 100 miles from the coast of southeast China, sees itself as an independent country, with its own constitution and democratically-elected leaders.<\/p>\n

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