The Chinese Foreign Ministry strongly criticized the possible visit, saying it “would have a negative impact on the political basis of Sino-US relations and would send a very wrong message to pro-Taiwan independence separatist forces.”
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Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said at a briefing that “China will certainly take decisive and tough steps to protect its national sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Lijian warned that the US would bear full responsibility for all the consequences that this would lead to.
Pelosi plans to send a congressional delegation to Taipei in August.
The war in Ukraine and the position of Beijing:
On July 9, 2022, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said he did not believe that China was being neutral on the war in Ukraine because Beijing supported Russia at the United Nations and “intensified pro-Russian propaganda”.
On July 20, 2022, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry called on Beijing influence Moscow to end the war.
