Nancy Pelosi has traveled to Asia, “but is silent on Taiwan,” an issue that “has been rattling nerves in Washington,” the New York Times reported. On social media, real-time maps follow your plane (image below).
China’s Guancha paid more attention to another map, from a website linked to the US Department of Defense, showing that the only US aircraft carrier in the region left the South China Sea on Saturday, after three days, and crossed the Philippines. . It would be a sign of relaxation in the “delicate moment”.
Over the weekend, the Speaker of the House came under pressure from everywhere in the US. Donald Trump posted on his platform, Truth Social, that “it will only make things worse”.
Thomas Friedman, a NYT columnist with access to Joe Biden, went on TV to demand that she not go, that the priority is Russia. “This trip is completely out of context,” he criticized him.
He even said that “Taiwan is still a small island off the coast of a giant continent”, China. “Countries that forget their geography can have a lot of trouble.”
In China, some of the loudest nationalist columnists, such as Hu Xijinof the Huanqiu/Global Times, and Alex Lo, of the South China Morning Post, have already pushed Pelosi aside and targeted Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
“In a moment of real danger, by letting Washington decide whether Pelosi should visit, as if the island has no say in the matter, she is turning Taiwan into the 51st US state,” Lo posted, calling Tsai’s silence “cowardly.”
“If Pelosi does indeed visit Taiwan as planned, Tsai Ing-wen’s authorities are complicit,” Hu wrote on social media. “The mainland will definitely take harsh action for punishment. The unbearable consequences will befall Tsai.”
NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY
On Sunday, in the headline of Renmin Ribao or People’s Daily, Xi Jiping appeared alongside the entire leadership of the Chinese CP in the celebration of the 95th anniversary of the People’s Liberation Army – which from the beginning “has given strong support to safeguard national sovereignty. “, in the highlight of the event.
Also in the SCMP headline, for a speech by the Chinese leader at another ceremony, “Xi urges efforts to intensify in Taiwan”, encouraging “patriotic forces”.
