Bloomberg - Evening Briefing - Pelosi takes on China

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan on Tuesday, ignoring Chinese threats of reprisals if her trip to the island democracy takes place. Pelosi would become the first sitting speaker to visit Taiwan in 25 years: It would be a landmark move by the third-highest US elected official and may raise the risk of a military confrontation, given China’s long-held stance that Taiwan is its territory. A meeting between Pelosi and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen could happen on Wednesday, though Pelosi’s schedule is still in flux. China says its military would take unspecified action if the California Democrat visits and that it will not “sit idly by.” The Biden administration has in turn warned Beijing not to do anything rash. “We will not take the bait or engage in saber rattling,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. “At the same time, we will not be intimidated. We will keep operating in the seas and the skies of the Western Pacific as we have for decades.” —Natasha Solo-Lyons

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