ANALYSIS: While longtime allies Japan and Australia joined the US in criticising China’s response, other security partners in the region stayed quiet.
South Korea’s leader snubbed Pelosi after the visit, India hasn’t said a word and members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that they only recognise One China – a basic framework that Beijing requires for diplomatic relations, although interpretations vary across nations.
That marked a stark contrast with the Trump administration, which pressured countries in the region to ban Chinese telecoms giant Huawei Technologies and take other steps that would effectively force them to choose between the world’s biggest economies. Yet all of a sudden, after months of trying to make it comfortable for countries to align with the US, Pelosi’s visit forced Asia to take a stand on China’s most sensitive issue of all. And many governments just put their heads down.
He said the number of countries referencing their One China policies was “a sort litmus test for Beijing’s burgeoning influence across the region”.While the White House hasn’t openly endorsed Pelosi’s trip, it has defended her right to visit Taiwan as consistent with years of American policy. The Biden administration has repeatedly said that Congress is an independent branch of government, and the president had no power to tell her to call off the trip.
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