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Speaker of the House of Representatives, Pelosi, who ranks third in the top power in the United States, has started a tour of Asia.

We are planning to visit Korea and Japan, but it is not yet clear whether we will go to Taiwan.

China, which opposes a visit to Taiwan, is holding a military demonstration.



This is Beijing Correspondent Ji-Sung Kim.



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China's newest destroyer is training in the South China Sea near Taiwan.



As a 10,000-ton 'Yan'an' that was commissioned this year, the Chinese state-run media released a training video.



Live-fire training was held in Pingtan, Fujian Province, which is closest to Taiwan.



These actions were aimed at the visit of US House Speaker Pelosi to Taiwan.



Chairman Pelosi led a congressional delegation on a tour of Asia.



They plan to visit Korea, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, but have not yet revealed whether they will visit Taiwan.



[Pelosi / Speaker of the House of Representatives: As you know, it is a security issue, so I will never tell you about the schedule.

It is also a matter of safety for the people accompanying me.] A



visit to Taiwan by Pelosi, the third-ranking American in power, would be the highest-level visit in 25 years since the visit by the then-President of the House of Representatives in 1997.



Pelosi was also detained for distributing banners mourning the victims at the site of the 1991 Tiananmen pro-democracy protests while he was a member of the House of Representatives.



China is committed to deterring Pelosi's visit to Taiwan under the 'one China' principle.



Chinese fighters entering the airspace over Taiwan and launching ballistic missiles around Taiwan are being discussed as options.



One official journalist argued that it was okay to shoot down Pelosi's plane.



[Zhao Lijian / Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China: The Chinese military will never sit idle and not let go.

The Chinese will do it.]



Tensions between the US and China are increasing over the possibility of Chairman Pelosi's visit to Taiwan.



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