China is issuing an ominous threat over U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s reported plans to visit Taiwan.
Beijing’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday it will take “resolute and strong measures” if the California Democrat heads to the island in August after a scheduled April visit was postponed because of her positive COVID-19 test.
Communist China considers Taiwan to be a breakaway province. U.S. leaders support Taiwan’s right to democratic self-rule but typically take a careful diplomatic stance, known as “strategic ambiguity,” about its formal status.
Mrs. Pelosi’s visit, as reported in The Financial Times, would be the highest-profile visit by a U.