Taiwan: Nancy Pelosi’s last hurrah

The likelihood of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is rising, and the prospect of direct U.S. military support in that event is falling.

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's brief visit to Taiwan this week caused great anger in Beijing, but the Chinese Communist regime was not her main target, writes Gwynne Dyer.Flickr photograph by Gage Skidmore

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

August 4, 2022

LONDON, U.K.—Nancy Pelosi’s brief visit to Taiwan this week caused great, if somewhat confected, anger in Beijing, but the Chinese Communist regime was not her main target. The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives has long supported Taiwan, and she will be aware that both the government ...

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