US military may be afraid China will shoot down Pelosi’s plane over Taiwan, Pelosi says

During a press conference on Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the U.S. military may be concerned about her plane getting “shot down” by the Chinese military if she decides to travel to Taiwan.

US military may be afraid China will shoot down Pelosi’s plane over Taiwan, Pelosi says

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Biden: US military says ‘not good idea’ for Pelosi to go to Taiwan after Chinese threats

China’s threats come just two days after the communist nation demanded President Biden’s administration immediately cancel an estimated $108 million arms sale to Taiwan.

China’s Pacific Islands Position Paper Debunks Fake News Claims

The Chinese Foreign Ministry released a position paper on the country’s relations with the ten Pacific Island Countries (PICs) that have diplomatic relations with Beijing. It comes as Foreign Minister Wang Yi wraps up his regional sojourn that saw him interacting with many of his counterparts and their other representatives. His trip was decried by American, Australian, and other Western media as supposedly signaling some sort of imperialist intentions on China’s part, yet the position paper debunks all of that.

China’s Pacific Islands Position Paper Debunks Fake News Claims