Over Thursday morning, President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping of China spoke on the phone as tensions between the two countries remained high.
The Associated Press revealed on Wednesday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi intends to travel to Taiwan, further escalating tensions. As per long-standing U.S. policy, the U.S. does not recognize Taiwan’s status as an independent country since even the prospect of diplomatic relations between Taiwan and the U.S. might cause China to become more tense.
Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told the Associated Press that he had been invited. Pelosi’s office has not yet confirmed rumors that she is traveling to Taiwan.
John Kirby, the Pentagon’s press secretary, stated to CNN on Thursday that the United States’ position toward Taiwan has not changed.
“I mean, we have been seeing the Chinese increase their level of aggressiveness in the Indo-Pacific region,” he said. “We certainly have seen an increase in their bellicose rhetoric with respect to Taiwan and to other false territorial and maritime claims in the Indo Pacific. I would just tell you that again, nothing’s changed about our one China policy.”
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