Category: US-China relations

Pelosi Lands in Singapore, Meets Top Officials at Start of Asia Trip

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Aug. 1 landed in Singapore and met with top officials there as she began an Asia trip that could include a visit to Taiwan. Pelosi met with President Halimah Yacob, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishna, according to Singapore’s Foreign Ministry. Halimah…


As Pelosi Begins Asia Tour in Singapore, China Warns Against Visiting Taiwan

SINGAPORE—U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi kicked off a closely-watched Asia tour on Monday in Singapore as the Chinese regime warned that its military would never “sit idly by” if she were to visit Taiwan, the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing. Amid widespread speculation over whether she would make a stop in Taiwan, Pelosi’s…


New Zealand PM ‘Looks Forward’ to Visiting to China When Zero-COVID Restrictions Ease

One day after the final stage of New Zealand’s border reopening was completed, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed her willingness to lead a business delegation to China to strengthen in-person connections. “As we mark 50 years of diplomatic relations, we look forward to the return of in-person ministerial visits,” Ardern told the China Business Summit…


New Zealand PM ‘Looks Forward’ to Visiting China When Zero-COVID Restrictions Ease

One day after the final stage of New Zealand’s border reopening was completed, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern expressed her willingness to lead a business delegation to China to strengthen in-person connections. “As we mark 50 years of diplomatic relations, we look forward to the return of in-person ministerial visits,” Ardern told the China Business Summit…


Beijing Looking to Buy Deep Water Port, WWII Airstrip in Solomon Islands

A Chinese state-owned firm is investigating the purchase of a deep water port and a World War II-era airstrip and marine base in the Solomon Islands, according to new documents obtained by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The China Forestry Group Corporation, undethe r direct control of Beijing, is scoping out acquisition targets, including a forestry…


Twitter Suspends CCP Propagandist Who Advocates Shooting Down Pelosi’s Plane

Twitter temporarily suspended the account of a CCP propagandist after he suggested military retaliation should U.S. fighter jets escort House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on any visit to Taiwan. Hu Xijin, the former chief editor of the CCP’s state-run tabloid Global Times, wrote on China’s Twitter-like Weibo on July 30: “For warning the U.S. military not…


Pelosi Confirms Trip to Asia, Makes No Mention of Taiwan

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) confirmed on July 31 that she’s heading to Asia this week to visit four countries but made no mention of Taiwan. The speaker said she’ll visit Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan with a congressional delegation to “hold high-level meetings to discuss how we can further advance our shared interests and values,…


Pelosi Reveals Trip to Asia but Makes No Mention of Taiwan

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) confirmed Sunday that she is visiting Asia but made no mention of Taiwan. The speaker said she will visit Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan with a congressional delegation, according to a statement issued early on Sunday, to “hold high-level meetings to discuss how we can further advance our shared interests…


China Conducts Live-Fire Exercises Ahead of Pelosi’s Potential Taiwan Visit

China conducted live-fire exercises off its coast opposite Taiwan on July 30 after warning U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) not to visit the self-governed island that the communist regime sees as its territory. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) held the military drills in the waters off Tanpai Province, in the narrowest parts of the…


China Conducts Live-Fire Exercises In Response to Pelosi’s Potential Taiwan Trip

China said it would conduct live-fire exercises in the Taiwan Strait after warning Pelosi not to visit Taiwan, a self-ruled island that the communist regime sees as its own territory. On July 28, China’s Maritime Safety Administration announced that the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) would conduct “live-fire exercises” in the Southeast waters of the Tanpai…