Nancy Pelosi appears all but certain to visit Taiwan, and China is ramping up its warnings. But why?
Tensions between China and the United States are soaring, with an expected meeting between two leaders the latest point of contention between the two world superpowers.
Meanwhile, the US has warned China against turning Ms Pelosi's visit into a "crisis" and says it "will not be intimidated" from continuing to move freely in the Pacific region. The Kuomintang retreated to Taiwan ) in 1949 after the CCP gained the upper hand in the war and went on to establish the People's Republic of China .
"Taiwan in the early 1990s went through a democratisation, in which the people of Taiwan could elect their own government," she said. "So they moved from authoritarian rule to a democracy which is quite vibrant today." Mr Jiang aired some concerns at the time about what this meant for the US' "one China" policy , but he was more upbeat, saying relations between Washington and Beijing had entered a state of "sunshine after the rain".
"China is now a stronger, more assertive and some would say more aggressive power than it was 25 years ago," she said.
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