Editorial: Nancy Pelosi departs Taiwan and leaves behind a precarious crisis
by Chicago Tribune Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune
Aug 05, 2022
3 minutes
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has left Taiwan. Though the California Democrat didn’t stay long, less than 24 hours, the fallout from her visit plunges the Biden administration into a tricky — and arguably unnecessary — period of brinkmanship with China.
In her meeting with Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, Pelosi didn’t say anything America hasn’t said before about Taiwan, China and democracy. “Today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy,” the speaker
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