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China mchumba tu mbele ya USLicha ya vitisho kutoka kwa China, Spika wa Bunge la Marekani, Nancy Pelosi amewasili katika Kisiwa cha Taiwan.
Amewasili kwa kutumia ndege ya Jeshi ambayo ilitokea Malaysia alipokuwa katika ziara kisha kutumia njia ndefu ili kuikwepa bahari ya Kusini ya China.
Aidha, Urusi imeshutumu ziara hiyo kuiita kama sehemu ya uchochezi. Msemaji wa Ikulu ya Urusi, Kremlin Dmitry Peskov amesema ziara inaongeza mvutano baina ya China na Taiwan.
China inaichukulia Taiwan kama sehemu ya himaya yake, na imekuwa ikitoa onyo mara kwa mara kwamba inaitafsiri ziara ya Pelosi katika kisiwa hicho kama uchochezi wa Marekani.
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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan amid threats of Chinese retaliation
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taipei on Tuesday, marking a significant show of support for Taiwan despite China's threats of retaliation over the visit.
Pelosi's stop in Taipei is the first time that a US House speaker has visited Taiwan in 25 years. Her trip comes at a low point in US-China relations and despite warnings from the Biden administration against a stop in Taiwan.
Pelosi and the congressional delegation that accompanied her said in a statement on Tuesday that the visit "honors America's unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan's vibrant democracy."
"Our discussions with Taiwan leadership will focus on reaffirming our support for our partner and on promoting our shared interests, including advancing a free and open Indo-Pacific region," the statement said. "America's solidarity with the 23 million people of Taiwan is more important today than ever, as the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy."
China responded by announcing military exercises and with bellicose rhetoric warning that the speaker's visit "has a severe impact on the political foundation of China-U.S. relations, and seriously infringes upon China's sovereignty and territorial integrity."
"It gravely undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and sends a seriously wrong signal to the separatist forces for 'Taiwan independence,' " China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. "China firmly opposes and sternly condemns this, and has made serious démarche and strong protest to the United States."
China's military said it was on "high alert" and would conduct exercises around Taiwan in response to Pelosi's trip, saying in statements it was launching a series "targeted military operations to counteract the situation."
Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense said that 21 Chinese warplanes made incursions into its air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday. In response, the Taiwanese military issued radio warnings and deployed air defense missile systems to monitor the activities, it added.
China frequently sends warplanes into Taiwan's self-declared ADIZ. The highest number of incursions ever recorded was on October 4 last year, when 56 military planes flew into the area on the same day. An ADIZ is unilaterally imposed and distinct from sovereign airspace, which is defined under international law as extending 12 nautical miles from a territory's shoreline.
Source: CNN