The rockstar reception that greeted the highest ranking US politician to visit in decades belied the high risks of Pelosi’s trip for US-China relations.
- which views Taiwan as its territory and demanded Pelosi stay away - that such a visit was not the first of its kind, nor would it represent any change in US policy.Credit:Not surprisingly, Beijing was not convinced - which is partly a mess of Joe Biden’s own making.
But she adds that while the messaging needs to be clearer, the relationship between the two countries had reached such an “unprecedented level of acrimony” that even greater consistency may not have been enough to convince China that Pelosi’s visit wasn’t a big deal.“From my perspective, the reason this is so sensitive to China is the run-up to the 20th National Party Congress, where Xi Jinping is supposed to get his third five-year term in power,” Glaser says.
To that end, the next 24 hours will be critical.
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