Chinese President Xi Jinping. Figure: CCTV (file photo)
After the US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, China continued to conduct military intimidation exercises once morest Taiwan. She pointed to Asia last week when she was interviewed by the US media NBC and MSNBC on the 9th. The trip to Taiwan is “absolutely” worthwhile, reiterating that the United States cannot allow China to isolate Taiwan and that members of Congress will not be intimidated by China’s reaction. She also criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping for behaving “like a scared bully”.
At a press conference at the U.S. Embassy in Japan on the 5th, Pelosi emphasized that Taiwan is one of the freest countries in the world, and Taiwan’s freedom and democracy should not be deprived; the significance of her visit to Taiwan is to “not allow China to isolate Taiwan.” “And slammed China’s use of her visit to Taiwan as an excuse for military provocation, and raised tensions by holding live-fire military exercises around Taiwan.
Pelosi said in an interview on NBC’s “Today” program that China cannot control the schedule of U.S. congressmen and that Xi Jinping “cannot be asked to arrange the trips of U.S. congressmen just because he feels insecure; we cannot allow China The government isolates Taiwan and it cannot be up to China to decide who can go to Taiwan.” “We cannot be his (Xi’s) accomplice in isolating Taiwan,” she said. This is Pelosi’s first public interview regarding her visit to Taiwan last week since her return to the United States.
In a separate interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program, Pelosi also mentioned that China’s economy is “fragile” under the leadership of Xi Jinping, who is desperately seeking re-election, and that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army has been on the ground for days following her visit to Taiwan. In her eyes, Xi Jinping was acting like “a terrified bully” during military exercises in the waters surrounding Taiwan.
In addition, the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance for China Policy (IPAC), which includes 220 members of Congress from 25 countries, issued a statement on the 9th, expressing its serious concern regarding China’s recent increase in military threats to Taiwan, and calling on all countries to ask China to immediately stop the ongoing military related activities. Activity. The German Bundestag, the British House of Commons, and the European Parliament plan to visit Taiwan in late October, November or early December this year, respectively. DPA quoted a member of the German Bundestag Human Rights Committee as saying that the itinerary of his visit to Taiwan would not be changed due to Beijing’s intimidation.
