Nancy Pelosi concluded her controversial trip to Taiwan on Wednesday. The US House speaker arrived in Taipei late on Tuesday on an unannounced but closely watched trip, which has drawn condemnation and vows of retaliation from China, which claims Taiwan as its province. Beijing demonstrated its anger by launching live fire ‘targeted military operations’ in six locations surrounding the self-ruled island, while the Chinese foreign minister called the visit ‘an outright farce’
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Source: Elections - theguardian.com
