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, for what it has characterized as an attack on its sovereignty.
“China will definitely take all necessary measures to resolutely safeguard its sovereignty and territorial integrity in response to the U.S. Speaker’s visit,” said a statement from China’s foreign ministry. “All the consequences arising therefrom must be borne by the U.S. side and the ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces.”…