Beijing also targets relatives of US House speaker as major military activity continues around Taiwan
China’s government has announced sanctions against the US House speaker,
On Friday, Taiwan’s ministry of defence announced that multiple PLA ships and planes had crossed the median line during the morning. The ministry said it had dispatched aircraft and ships and deployed land-based missile systems to monitor the situation. The US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, told an Asian meeting of top diplomats on Friday that China’s reaction was “flagrantly provocative”. Blinken, speaking at the East Asia Summit in Cambodia, said China had sought to intimidate not only Taiwan but neighbours, too, an official said.
As Pelosi capped off her Asia tour, she said the US would “not allow” China to isolate Taiwan. “They may try to keep Taiwan from visiting or participating in other places, but they will not isolate Taiwan by preventing us to travel there,” she told reporters in Tokyo. The statement repeated China’s claims that the “one China” principle – a domestic Chinese policy that outlines its geopolitical claim over Taiwan – was upheld by foreign governments. In reality, various governments have their own one China policies that afford some recognition of Beijing’s stance but do not always recognise the Taiwan claim. The US, for example, says Taiwan’s status is unresolved.
Taiwan authorities estimate about 900 flights will be affected by the need to reroute, and have said the impeded access to ports amounted to a blockade.
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