Why did Pelosi pick this moment to travel to Taiwan?
by Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times
Aug 03, 2022
3 minutes
WASHINGTON — Some 30 years after the young, little-known lawmaker Nancy Pelosi unfurled a small flag of protest in Tiananmen Square, the now-House speaker waged a much more prominent show of defiance against the Chinese Communist Party by leading a congressional delegation to Taiwan on Tuesday.
The visit marked the first time a U.S. House speaker has in more than 25 years. Rumors of the scheduled trip had prompted warnings of retaliation by the Chinese government and a
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