The visits of Nancy Pelosi and other US figureheads to Taiwan earlier this month will not go unpunished as China sets a range of sanctions on the self-governing island.
China has imposed visa bans and other sanctions on Taiwanese political figures as it raises pressure on the self-governing island and the US in response to successive congressional visits.
Ms Pelosi's visit was followed by nearly two weeks of threatening Chinese military exercises, including the firing of missiles over the island and incursions by navy ships and warplanes across the midline of the Taiwan Strait that has long been a buffer between the sides. In Washington, US State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters that China had overreacted with its "provocative and totally unnecessary response to the congressional delegation that visited Taiwan earlier this month".
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