U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi embarked on a trip to the Asia-Pacific region on Friday, with itineraries now announced including Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. But she declined to confirm details of her trip to Asia and whether she visited Taiwan, saying only that "I'm excited if we go to those countries you hear along the way."
Pelosi's constant exaggeration of a possible visit to Taiwan before her departure has aroused strong concern and huge controversy both inside and outside the United States, and even former US President Trump has publicly criticized Pelosi as "only making things worse."
Zakharova: Dangerous acts of military-political adventurism
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova posted on social media platforms on the 30th, calling Pelosi's visit a "dangerous act of military and political adventurism."
Zakharova said: "On the one hand, [I] want to say that Pelosi's trip was a dangerous act of military-political adventurism. On the other hand, the trip was 'confusing dreams with reality', and what happened to the American politician was so abnormal and surreal. Zakharova did not explicitly say where she was referring to Pelosi, but TASS and the Russian Business Consulting Daily reported that she was referring to Pelosi's trip to Asia.
According to the Russian Business Consulting Daily, Zakharova also made an analogy that the United States has been "out of touch with reality." "The needle of the compass turns abnormally, [in the United States] completely out of touch with reality. The sights were out of position, and a nuclear-powered icebreaker called the White House had long since been taken to the beach. She wrote.
Pelosi tweeted without mentioning Taiwan
In the early morning of Beijing time on the 31st, Pelosi released 4 tweets in a row, all of which involved domestic medical issues in the United States, without mentioning the Asian trip or Taiwan.
The first 3 of Pelosi's 4 tweets are the content of their own statements about medical issues, while the last tweet comes with a link to recommend readers to read the full text of her statement.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a statement on July 30, 1965, the 57th anniversary of President Johnson's signing of Medicare and Medicaid.
On Twitter, some netizens speculated that their plane had arrived in Hawaii based on information such as track maps, but the detailed and specific information was not disclosed by the US official. As of press time, U.S. officials still showed information as "to be determined" about whether or not to visit Taiwan.
The atmosphere in the Taiwan media is strange
CNN reported that while international media widely reported on Pelosi's possible visit, the incident made little headlines in Taiwan this week. Instead, Taiwan news has focused primarily on the scandals surrounding the upcoming county mayoral elections and Taiwan's largest annual military exercise.
Analysts say Taiwan's relative silence is because it finds itself in an awkward position. It does not want to be seen as obstructing the itinerary of Pelosi, one of America's most powerful politicians, nor is it overly enthusiastic about Pelosi's possible visit. An Associated Press report from Taipei on the 29th said that not all Taiwanese support Pelosi's visit, and she is not a household name in Taiwan like former President Trump or Biden.
Taiwan's "China Times News Network" published a comment by Fang Enge, former chairman of the US Republican Party in the Asia-Pacific region, saying that the people of Taiwan do not need to make a fuss about this, and the Republican Party is likely to win a majority of seats in the House of Representatives election in November. Even if democrats retain a majority, the Democratic caucus is likely to elect a new speaker, so the likelihood of Pelosi's re-election is extremely low. "Isn't that what we call a 'graduation trip' in Taiwan when a outgoing politician makes an overseas visit with taxpayer money?" And the Republican Party played the 'China card' in this year's midterm election and criticized the Democratic Party's attitude toward China is not tough enough, and Pelosi is likely to use this graduation trip to Taiwan to help the Democratic Party regain the face of a city. ”
Even taiwan media commented that facts have proved that the mainland's opposition to foreign interference is not just a rhetorical cannon, but has a variety of tools to choose from, such as military, diplomatic, economic, legal, and public opinion. At that time, Pelosi not only failed to achieve his goal, but gave Beijing the opportunity to assert its sovereignty over Taiwan. Stealing chicken is not a rotten rice. In short, there is not much time left for external forces to play the "Taiwan card" at will and to wantonly consume the mainland's resources.
Source丨Global Network, Lianhe Zaobao, Taiwan "Zhongshi News Network"