Minute by minute: China summons the US ambassador to Beijing after Pelosi’s arrival in Taiwan

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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu upon arrival in Taipei, Taiwan.

The president of the United States House of Representatives landed in the country in the last few hours, which has generated an increase in tension between the two countries. “The United States must pay the price for its own mistake. China will take necessary and resolute countermeasures and we mean it,” Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng said.