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Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan: "It's China that threatens the status quo"

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Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on August 3, 2022 in Taipei, capital of Taiwan.

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By: Charlotte Derouin

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was visiting Taiwan.

In response to this move, China announced that it would prepare to launch military maneuvers near the Taiwanese coast.

Decryption by Stéphane Corcuff, teacher-researcher at Sciences Po Lyon, associate researcher at the Center for French Studies on Contemporary China (CEFC) in Taipei, specialist in the Chinese world.

  • Taiwan

  • China

  • United States

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