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“A Nancy Pelosi visit to Taiwan would be the first in 25 years”

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Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 2022. © REUTERS/Tom Brenner

By: Florent Guignard Follow

Renewed tension between China and the United States around Taiwan.

In question, the planned visit to the island of the speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi.

A visit frowned upon by US President Joe Biden.

Insight from Pierre-Antoine Donnet, former correspondent for Agence France-Presse (AFP) in Beijing.

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Pierre-Antoine Donnet is also the author of 

World leadership in question, the confrontation between China and the United States

(editions of dawn), published in 2021.

To read also: China promises to respond "vigorously" in the event of Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

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