China News Service, Beijing, April 8 (Reporter Li Jingze) Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian hosted a regular press conference on the 8th.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian.

Photo by Xue Wei

  A reporter asked: According to reports, the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive for the new crown virus, and the "visit to Taiwan" plan was postponed.

what opinions do the Chinese have on this issue?

  Zhao Lijian: China has recently expressed a clear position on Speaker Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, and Chinese officials have also made solemn representations to the US side.

I would like to express my condolences to House Speaker Pelosi for contracting the new crown pneumonia epidemic, and I wish her a speedy recovery.

What she should have done was not to postpone the visit, but to cancel it immediately.

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