The arrival was everything but ceremonial. The tarmac was dark!

*CHINA PLA: WE ARE TO CONDUCT MILITARY DRILLS ON AUGUST 4TH-7TH - XINHUA.

Interesting, Nancy would be gone by then…

Pelosi full statement upon landing:

https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/8222-2

The Chinese military announces military exercises around six corners of Taiwan from August 4 to August 7 (the map was released by the Chinese).

*US Defence Department Spokesman Kirby: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's journey to Taiwan to express support for Taiwanese self-defense.

Sounds like the opposite of Pelosi’s statement moments ago…

Taiwan's defense ministry said late on Tue that Chinese state media reports about China's SU-35 fighter jets crossing the sensitive Taiwan Strait separating the island from China were FALSE. The ministry would appropriately dispatch forcesin reaction to "enemy threats” - Reuters

China PLA will perform conventional missile tests beginning August 2nd. - BBG

JUST IN - Videos and images from Taiwan's Taipei show mixed reactions from public, some support, some criticise Pelosi's visit to the island.

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*TAIWAN PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE: PRESIDENT TSAI WILL MEET PELOSI AT PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE ON WED MORNING BEFORE HAVING LUNCH WITH HER - REUTERS

And here’s the Statement by China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Pelosi's visit to Taiwan: https://www.mfa.gov.cn/eng/zxxx_662805/202208/t20220802_10732293.html

Nancy timed a WaPo Op-Ed to be released the moment she landed.

ICYMI (May 24th 2021): Military planners in Washington pushed for the White House to prepare plans to use nuclear weapons against mainland China during the Taiwan Strait crisis in 1958, newly leaked documents appear to confirm.

Leaked docs: https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/quemoy-study-significant-redactions/764a87f870d1eba9/full.pdf

Former US Defense Secretary Mark Esper (a Raytheon lobbyist) met with separatists in Taiwan 2 weeks ago, and called for the end to the One China Policy, as a US warship passed through the Taiwan Strait: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-07-20/taiwan-esper-one-china-policy-6707974.html

Opinion: It should come as no surprise that China didn’t take down Pelosi’s plane; the State Department is trying to start another proxy war.

Xi’s dilemma consists of trying to peacefully reunite Taiwan (ROC) while simultaneously mitigating the risk of globalists facilitating nuclear buildups in Taiwan.

A peaceful reunification will likely take years, and only be accepted by the Taiwanese if China makes legitimate progress to democratize over time. Given there’s still a long way to go, Xi cannot afford a nuclear crisis that could challenge that possibility many years from now.

Taiwanese media

The Chinese army began to surround Taiwan from all directions by conducting war maneuvers.

🇨🇳🇺🇲🇹🇼 President Xi Jinping on Pelosi's visit to Taiwan:

“We continue to look at the world with wide eyes so as not to miss a single provocation by American reactionaries. Pelosi's visit to Taiwan is yet another demonstration of the uncivilized campaign of the imperialists and the victory of the Chinese Communist Party."

*TAIWAN DEFENCE MINISTRY: 21 CHINESE AIRCRAFT ENTERED TAIWAN’S AIR DEFENSE ZONE ON TUESDAY

*CHINESE ENERGY STORAGE COMPANY CATL PAUSES ITS NORTH AMERICAN PLANT ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE BACK OF THE PELOSI TAIWAN TRIP. - BBG

THE UP-TO-$5 BLN PLANT IS AIMED AT SUPPLYING TESLA AND FORD.

NEW: US warships cruising near Taiwan as Pelosi visits

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The drama in Taiwan, a video of the last few minutes: Rocket firing by formations of the Eastern Command of the Chinese Army in Fujian Province towards the island of Taiwan.

Pelosi to meet with Taiwan’s biggest semiconductor manufacturer, TSMC, in a sign of how vital chips are to U.S. economic and national security.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/08/02/pelosi-tsmc-meeting-taiwan/

With Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan, it's fair to assume that the chances of China ever joining the US-G7's Russia oil price cap initiative have gone considerably lower.

And without China, you don't have India. And without either, well, you don't have any emerging nation.