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No reason to over-torque this transit into anything escalatory: US on Taiwan Vice President's stopover
Fp Staff •"...there is no reason to over-torque this transit into anything escalatory. This is consistent with our “one China” policy. We are not interested in deviating from the status quo. It is not any kind of pretext for coercion or provocative activity," said US State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel
'Will not back down to threats': Taiwan Vice President William Lai on 'stopover' in US
•Taiwan will not be afraid nor back down in the face of authoritarian threats, the island's vice president told supporters on a U.S. visit that Beijing has condemned, while reiterating a willingness to talk to China
US delivers backlogged Stingers to Taipei amid China-Taiwan tension
Fp Staff •The US has delivered a shipment of Stinger missiles and other military equipment to Taiwan which was originally approved in 2019, as Washington works to fulfill a backlog of nearly $19 billion in weapons sales to the island nation
China should not 'overreact' to Taiwan president's US stopover: Official
•China should not "overreact" and use a stopover in the United States by Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen as a "pretext" for aggression against the democratically ruled island of Taiwan, a senior US official said early Wednesday.
Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan updates: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi departs Taiwan after her controversial visit
Fp Staff •Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan updates: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan has drawn bipartisan support at home and backing among the world’s democracies
Chinese Embassy in India says Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan will be met with 'resolute countermeasures'
Fp Staff •The Chinese Embassy in India has said that Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan would constitute gross interference in China's internal affairs, threaten peace and stability across Taiwan Strait and undermine China-US relations
China bans import of biscuits, pastries from 35 Taiwanese exporters ahead of Nancy Pelosi’s visit
Fp Staff •Among the 3,200 Taiwanese companies registered with China's customs under the category of food, 2,066 entries had been listed as 'import suspension' ahead of Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan
Some US politicians will not meet with a good end: Chinese Foreign Minister on Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
Fp Staff •Pelosi is likely to visit Taiwan Tuesday evening, as per reports. She is going to Taiwan for meetings scheduled with top government officials at the self-governed island that China calls its own and vows to forcefully takeover
As tensions run high over Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, a look back at past clashes between China and US
Fp Explainers •Will China square off against the United States over Nancy Pelosi’s likely visit to Taiwan? The answer may lie in the past, in the 1995-96 Taiwan Strait crisis and the 2001 Hainan incident
US Health Secretary Alex Azar to visit Taiwan soon; move likely to worsen friction with China for Washington, Taipei
•Azar’s will be the highest-level visit by a US Cabinet official since the break in diplomatic ties between Washington and Taipei in 1979