Category: US-China relations

LIVE NOW: Pelosi Meets Taiwanese President

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and hold a joint press briefing in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Aug. 2, in spite of continued threats of violence from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its propaganda organs. She issued a public statement upon arrival in Taiwan,…


Pelosi and Taiwanese President Hold Press Conference

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and hold a joint press briefing in Taipei, Taiwan, on Wednesday. Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Aug. 2, in spite of continued threats of violence from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its propaganda organs. She issued a public statement upon arrival in Taiwan,…


Analysis: China Can’t Afford to Go to War Over Pelosi Visit; Frank Gaffney: China Is a Voting Issue

Pelosi touches down in Taiwan. Her trip sparked aggression from the Chinese military, but fortunately, the White House didn’t cave in, and the speaker will meet with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. But how has the trip been blown out of proportion? The White House may be to blame, due to its ambiguity and appeasement. I…


China Has ‘Positioned Itself to Take Further Steps’ Targeting Taiwan Amid Pelosi Visit, White House Warns

The White House and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are in a war of words over the meaning of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s arrival in Taiwan on Tuesday. White House officials maintain that Pelosi’s arrival is in line with nearly five decades of precedent governing Sino–American relations. CCP authorities have lambasted the United States, however,…


Hawley Says He’ll Vote ‘No’ on Allowing Sweden and Finland to Join NATO

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) on Monday announced he’s voting against Finland’s and Sweden’s campaigns to join NATO, saying the United States needs to refocus its military efforts on China—not Europe and Russia. “Finland and Sweden want to join the Atlantic Alliance to head off further Russian aggression in Europe. That is entirely understandable given their…


Mark McCloskey: ‘The Media Runs Everything’

More than two years ago, Mark McCloskey and his wife took up arms to protect their West End home in St. Louis during the George Floyd protests and riots of 2020. He knows their lives will never return to normal—in part because of the unceasing, mostly negative attention they received from the legacy media. “The…


26 Republican Senators Sign Statement Supporting Pelosi’s Taiwan Visit

Twenty-six Republicans, including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), signed a joint statement on Aug. 2 announcing support for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan and reaffirming that the trip did not change the United States policies regarding China and Taiwan. Sens Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Dan Sullivan (R-Ark.) led the effort to sign…


Newt Gingrich Responds to Pelosi’s Trip to Taiwan, Calls Chinese Threats a ‘Bluff’

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) threats in response to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) trip to Taiwan are merely posturing. Speaking to Fox News, Gingrich said a similar scenario unfolded in 1997 when he visited both China and Taiwan. He was the last speaker to visit the self-governing island…


China’s Military Announces Live Fire Drills Surrounding Taiwan Following Pelosi Arrival

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced that its military would conduct live fire exercises in the waters on all sides of Taiwan following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s arrival on the island. Chinese state-owned outlet Xinhua issued an announcement from the CCP’s military wing, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which said that it would be conducting…


Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan Amid Chinese Threats of Military Violence

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan August 2, in spite of continued threats of violence from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its propaganda organs. The visit comes amid a multi-national tour of southeast Asia that will also see the speaker visit Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan. US Unfazed by China Threats The…