China has warned that its military will not sit idly by if US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan. Note that China claims Taiwan as its own. According to the British news agency Reuters, this recent threat from the Chinese government was given in the press briefing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, as the third-ranking official of the US government, will have profound political effects.
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is on a four-nation tour of Asia, and during her visit to Singapore on Monday, there were rumors that she might visit independent Taiwan to further China's ire. On the other hand, after such rumours, Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office clarified on Sunday that her schedule includes Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan, and Taiwan was not mentioned.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian termed the possible visit of US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi as a major interference in China's internal affairs and said that it would have serious consequences.
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