White House wants to contain Sino-US tensions, Pelosi’s Taiwan visit not violation to one-China policy
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White House wants to contain Sino-US tensions, Pelosi’s Taiwan visit not violation to one-China policy
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White House wants to contain Sino-US tensions, Pelosi’s Taiwan visit not violation to one-China policy

 

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The Biden administration wants to keep tensions between the United States and China inflamed by the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan late Tuesday from boiling over into a conflict, White House national security spokesman John Kirby said on Tuesday.

Kirby said that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was within her rights to visit Taiwan but also stressed that the trip did not constitute a violation of Chinese sovereignty or America’s longstanding “one-China” policy.

“What we don’t want to see is this spiral into any kind of a crisis or conflict,” Kirby said. “There’s just no reason to amp this up,” he added.

Pelosi arrived in Taiwan late on Tuesday on a trip she said shows an unwavering American commitment to the Chinese-claimed self-ruled island.

In response, China’s Foreign Ministry said that Pelosi’s visit seriously violated China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Chinese military will hold exercises near Taiwan on August 4 – 7, reported the official Xinhua News Agency after Pelosi arrived in Taiwan. Read more …