The White House on Tuesday said it expects China to “continue to react over a longer-term horizon” over House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, signaling that the high-profile stopover could cast a far-reaching shadow over already tense U.S.-China relations for the foreseeable future.
Minutes after Mrs. Pelosi, who is leading a delegation of five other House Democrats through Asia, arrived in Taipei, Chinese officials responded with forceful remarks condemning the visit.
Mrs. Pelosi is the highest ranking U.S. official to visit the self-governing island just over 100 miles off mainland China since Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican, made the visit more than two decades ago.