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    Possible Pelosi visit elicits shrugs in Taiwan, long the focal point of geopolitical standoff

    by Stephanie Yang and David Pierson, Los Angeles Times Jul 30, 2022 6 minutes
    U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at her weekly press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on June 16, 2022.

    TAIPEI, Taiwan — On the top of Iris Hsueh’s list of concerns living in Taipei are COVID-19 restrictions, electricity prices and, if she’s being honest, the latest news on Taiwanese pop stars. Nowhere on that list is the proposed visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the potential Chinese backlash.

    “Whether she comes or not won’t really change” anything, the 37-year-old saleswoman speculated. “I think China will think it’s a provocation, but I also don’t think they will escalate any actual military behavior because of this.”

    Asked how her circle of friends feels about the standoff, which has prompted the deployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier group to the Taiwan Strait and China to conduct live fire military drills Saturday, Hsueh said matter-of-factly, “I don’t think they really care.”

    As tensions flare between the two superpowers — risking the worst crisis in the region in a quarter of a century — people in Taiwan appear by and large

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