China News Service, August 3. On August 2, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in disregard of China's strong opposition.
Several foreign media pointed out that Pelosi's move was "extremely reckless, dangerous and irresponsible."
In fact, its motive is only to gain political capital-hoping to consolidate its historical image among voters and improve the Democratic Party's midterm election before withdrawing from the American political stage.
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Extremely reckless! Foreign media expose Pelosi's "triple intent"
Singapore's "Lianhe Zaobao" published a commentary saying that Pelosi's intention can be roughly understood as "a curtain call performance before withdrawing from the American political stage" to consolidate the historical image among voters.
The report pointed out that on the one hand, Pelosi, who is in her 80s, is about to resign from the throne of the speaker, trying to reuse important nodes and important scenes to show her image.
Second, as an ideological politician, he is deeply anxious about the Democratic Party's election in this year's mid-term elections, and wants to improve the election through his own performance.
The third is that Pelosi is dissatisfied with the governing style and policy grasp of the Biden administration team, so as to put pressure on the Biden administration team and obtain an exchange of interests with the administration team, so that Biden can make certain interests or interests that she is concerned about. compromise on position.
The British "Guardian" noted that Pelosi's trip has serious domestic risks in the United States, as the Democratic Party faces a difficult midterm election, and Biden is eager to make positive headlines for his economic agenda, not foreign issues.
The "Financial Times" commented that the US House of Representatives Speaker Pelosi's visit to China's Taiwan region was an ill-considered move and the timing was not good.
Pelosi's move is likely to be seen as "a grandstanding act."
The New York Times pointed out in an article titled "Pelosi Shouldn't Visit Taiwan at This Time" that Washington should send Beijing a message that the United States adheres to the "one China" policy and does not support Taiwan's "independence".
The well-known American columnist Thomas L. Friedman also published an article in the media that Pelosi's visit to China's Taiwan region was "extremely reckless, dangerous and irresponsible."
Doing so will not yield any good results.
Taiwan is not going to be safer or more prosperous because of this purely symbolic visit.
Protest solemnly! People urge the US not to interfere in China's internal affairs
Pelosi's visit to China's Taiwan region has aroused high attention and heated discussions on social media.
Many netizens questioned his motives, "Nancy Pelosi woke up one day and thought what the world needs most? (Answer) Of course it's a crisis!"
Image source: Screenshots of netizens’ social media accounts.
One netizen said, "Does it make sense to risk a conflict with China at a time of recession, inflation, and conflict with Russia?"
Image source: Screenshots of netizens’ social media accounts.
Some netizens believe that Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan is expected to cost taxpayers more than 90 million US dollars, and the money will be used for security, US military distribution, etc. After a million shares of Nvidia, you can have the opportunity to visit Nvidia’s chip factory.”
Image source: Screenshots of netizens’ social media accounts.
Some netizens also criticized that this was a "ridiculous decision". "Everything they have done is creating more garbage for the people of Taiwan and damaging the world economy more seriously!"
Image source: Screenshots of netizens’ social media accounts.
In front of Pelosi's office building at the Federal Building in San Francisco, hundreds of people held up signs that read "Taiwan is China's territory" to protest her visit to Taiwan.
Leaders of several popular organizations, including Pivot to Peace, CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace, and representatives of the Chinese community gathered and chanted slogans asking Pelosi to "stop provocation."
Image source: Screenshot of the social media account of the popular organization Pivot to Peace.
On the night of Pelosi's visit to China's Taiwan region, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement stating: "China will take all necessary measures to resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity. Responsible." (End)