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On July 31, local time, the official website of the Office of Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Pelosi issued a press release announcing the itinerary of her Asia trip, including Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan did not mention the Taiwan region that the outside world is concerned about.
“Today, a congressional delegation travels to the Indo-Pacific region to reaffirm America’s strong and unshakable commitment to our allies and partners in the region,” Pelosi said. and Japan, our delegation will hold a high-level meeting to discuss how we can further advance our common interests and values.”
local time on July 29th, Pelosi set off for Asia, and whether this trip will visit Taiwan has attracted global attention.
On social media, some netizens posted a real-time flight itinerary map of Pelosi’s flight. The number of netizens who tracked Pelosi’s flight route reached 100,000 at one point. The plane finally landed in Hawaii. Honolulu, then the whereabouts of the flight are no longer displayed in real time.
In the early morning of the 31st, Beijing time, Pelosi, who had been silent for 18 hours, posted 4 tweets in a row, but the content was all about medical issues in the United States, and did not mention the trip to Asia or Taiwan.
According to CNN, a person familiar with Pelosi’s plans said her Asia visit itinerary will include Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore, but whether she will stop in Taiwan remains uncertain.
Pelosi profile. Source: Visual China
In the context of escalating warnings from the Chinese side, domestic and international opposition to Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan has intensified.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Pelosi’s possible visit to Taiwan that the last thing she should mess with is China’s affairs, which “will only make things worse.” He also pointed out that the purpose of Pelosi’s intervention in the Taiwan issue is only to “create problems and make money.”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova posted on social platforms on the 30th that Pelosi’s trip was a “dangerous act of military and political adventurism.”
For Pelosi’s planned visit to Taiwan, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of National Defense, and Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council issued successive statements expressing their solemn position against Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. If the US insists on going its own way, the Chinese military will never sit idly by, and will take strong measures to thwart any attempt by external forces to interfere and split “Taiwan independence”.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of National Defense Wu Qian said on the 28th that the PLA will not tolerate and resolutely counteract the separatist acts of “Taiwan independence” and the interference of external forces. Action is the most powerful language. Relevant parties must learn to adapt, learn to reflect, and more importantly, learn to pull back from the precipice.
At the same time, China’s Pingtan Maritime Safety Administration issued a navigation warning on the 28th. From 8:00 to 21:00 on July 30, the waters near Yiqiyu, Pingtan, Fujian carried out live-fire training missions, prohibiting all ships from entering .
On the morning of July 31, the Air Force spokesman, Colonel Shen Jinke, said at the press conference of the Air Force Aviation Open Event that defending the great rivers and mountains of the motherland is the sacred mission of the People’s Air Force. The Air Force’s multi-type fighter jets fly around the treasured island of the motherland, tempering and enhancing the ability to maintain national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Air Force has the determination, confidence, and capability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity.