US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi has arrived in Taiwan as China's government says her visit seriously damages peace and stability in the region.
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Ms Pelosi has says the trip is intended to express US solidarity with the Chinese-claimed island, the first such visit in 25 years. The ministry said it had lodged a strong protest with the United States. Chinese warplanes buzzed the line dividing the Taiwan Strait on Tuesday before her arrival, and Chinese state media said the People's Liberation Army would hold exercises near Taiwan from Thursday through Sunday.
Ms Pelosi also cited China's "brutal crackdown" against political dissent in Hong Kong as well as its treatment of Muslim Uighurs and other minorities, which the US government has deemed genocide.
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