Apple has allegedly told its suppliers based in Taiwan Friday to follow Chinese customs relations and label products &#8220;Taiwan, China&#8221; or &#8220;Chinese Taipei,&#8221; following House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s recent visit to the nation&#8217;s capital city, Taipei.
Nikkei Asia <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Supply-Chain/Apple-warns-suppliers-to-follow-China-rules-on-Taiwan-labeling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> the U.S. tech giant urged suppliers to take the matter seriously to circumvent any possible disruptions in shipments of the company&#8217;s products or components. 
Apple&#8217;s announcement <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-06-26/apple-aapl-plans-iphone-14-apple-watch-series-8-m2-macs-for-2022-and-2023-l4vd5unx">comes</a> before the company releases a slew of new devices between this fall and the beginning of next year, including four iPhone 14 devices, iPads, and Apple Watches, among other products due for an update. 
Chinese customs agents have reportedly been ordered to check for any import declaration forms, documents, or cartons that utter the phrase &#8220;Made in Taiwan.&#8221; If caught violating such rules, suppliers could face penalties up to 4,000 yuan ($592), or have the shipment rejected altogether. 
The custom laws have also put suppliers who need to ship materials and other parts from Taiwan to China in a problem as the island requires all exports to carry the words &#8220;Taiwan&#8221; or &#8220;Republic of China.&#8221; 
Before Apple issued the warning, iPhone assembler Pegatron had its facilities in China undergo a review on Thursday, where officials checked imports if the manufacturing origins were mislabeled. 
Nikkei Asia reports the change in shipments came a day after a senior Pegatron executive and other Taiwanese chip industry leaders met with Pelosi in Taipei at a lunch hosted by President Tsai Ing-wen.
Suppliers were reportedly told to review and change their labels on cartons and forms for shipments from Taiwan to China. 
Apple did not respond with comment when asked by Nikkei Asia.
Insider Paper <a class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://insiderpaper.com/apple-asks-taiwan-suppliers-to-label-products-made-in-china-report/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that GreatFire, an organization that works against Chinese online censorship, said the move comes after Apple removed the Taiwan flag from its emoji keyboards for users in Hong Kong and China. 
&#8220;Is it a question of time before Apple starts removing apps whose name contains the characters [for] Taiwan without specifying &#8216;province of China?&#8221; GreatFire asked.
&#8220;Unfortunately, we suspect that Apple&#8217;s &#8216;red-line,&#8217; the moment where it will say: &#8216;Stop, no longer, we cannot continue to collaborate with the Chinese regime and enforce its requests for censorship,&#8217; is nowhere close,&#8221; Benjamin Ismail from GreatFire told Register.
Beijing officials have long-considered Taiwan part of its territory and opposed Pelosi&#8217;s diplomatic visits to the island. Following Pelosi&#8217;s trip, Taiwan faced a series of military drills and fighter jet flyovers from Chinese authorities.
China&#8217;s Foreign Ministry blasted Pelosi&#8217;s &#8220;vicious and provocative actions&#8221; in visiting the island, saying it &#8220;constitutes a gross interference in China&#8217;s internal affairs.&#8221;
&#8220;It gravely undermines China&#8217;s sovereignty and territorial integrity, seriously tramples on the one-China principle, and severely threatens peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,&#8221; a statement from China&#8217;s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.
The Chinese Communist Party has repeatedly warned against the visit, and during a phone call last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Biden that the United States must not &#8220;play with fire.&#8221;
Greg Wilson contributed to this report.

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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a> shared Monday that he is &#8220;concerned&#8221; about <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china">China&#8217;s</a> reaction to House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s</a> (D-CA) visit to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taiwan">Taiwan</a>.
The president discussed the recent trip during a conversation with reporters Monday morning ahead of his visit to Kentucky to meet with families affected by flooding.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not worried but I&#8217;m concerned that they&#8217;re moving as much as they are,&#8221; said Biden. &#8220;But I don&#8217;t think they&#8217;re going to do anything more than they are.&#8221;
Pelosi’s visit to offer U.S. assurances of support for Taiwan&#8217;s democracy roused the ire of China, prompting Beijing to schedule live-fire military drills last week that <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/china-defends-ditching-us-talks-says-washington-must-bear-serious-consequences-2022-08-08/">continued into Monday</a>, reported Reuters. She was the first House speaker to visit Taiwan since Newt Gingrich’s 1997 trip. China considers the island nation its own territory.
Taiwan&#8217;s foreign ministry has condemned China&#8217;s military drills, demanding that Beijing &#8220;pull back from the edge.&#8221;
&#8220;In the face of military intimidation created by China, Taiwan will not be afraid nor back down, and will more firmly defend its sovereignty, national security, and free and democratic way of life,&#8221; the ministry said, Reuters reported.
The island&#8217;s ministry said on Monday it had detected 37 Chinese Air Force planes and 13 Chinese navy ships both in and near the Taiwan Strait, according to the publication, and 21 of these planes had entered Taiwan&#8217;s air defense zone.
“Today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy,” Pelosi <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/03/world/pelosi-visit-taiwan-china">said</a> during a meeting with Taiwan’s president. “America’s determination to preserve democracy here in Taiwan and around the world remains ironclad.”
“We have to talk from strength,” she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/following-nancy-pelosis-departure-taiwan-braces-for-chinese-punishment">added</a> during a press event in Taiwan. “We have to talk from what Taiwan has been so good about – as being technologically advanced, whether it’s in business or security. And we have to show the world.”
China’s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said last week that as a result of Pelosi’s visit, more punishments for both the U.S. and Taiwan would follow.
“As for the specific countermeasures, what I can tell you is that they’ll include everything that should be included,” Hua said, <a class="css-yywogo" title="" href="http://world.people.com.cn/n1/2022/0803/c1002-32493679.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according to People’s Daily</a>, a China state-affiliated media outlet. “The measures in question will be firm, vigorous and effective, and the U.S. side and Taiwan independence forces will continue feeling them.”
The Chinese Communist Party repeatedly warned against the visit, and during a phone call last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-pelosi-arrives-in-taiwan-despite-strong-warnings-from-china">told</a> Biden that the United States must not “play with fire.”
Pelosi&#8217;s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.

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Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said the U.S. needs to stand up to China in response to its aggressive reaction to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s (D-CA) Taiwan trip.
Appearing on &#8220;Fox News Sunday,&#8221; Haley <a href="https://video.foxnews.com/v/6310563032112#sp=show-clips">defended</a> Pelosi&#8217;s visit, saying China&#8217;s combative posture amounted to little more than a &#8220;temper tantrum&#8221; and that the communist nation was &#8220;bullying&#8221; Taiwan so that President Xi Jinping could &#8220;show his strength.&#8221;
&#8220;I do think that Nancy Pelosi was right to go to Taiwan,&#8221; said Haley. &#8220;It’s a shame that Biden tried to put a wrench in it by saying the military didn’t want her to go. &#8221;
&#8220;China is trying to bully us the same way they try and bully their own people, and we shouldn’t have it,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Taiwan is an island of 23 million people who have managed to be free for 70-plus years. We should always have the backs of our allies and we should always hold our enemies to account. They are a huge force when it comes to our economy and we need to make sure that Taiwan knows that we are going to be there for them.&#8221;
Haley went on to downplay China&#8217;s threats of retaliation for Pelosi&#8217;s visit and said the U.S. must stand firm.
&#8220;I’ve watched China have a temper tantrum multiple times when things don’t go their way,&#8221; she said. &#8220;What you’re seeing is that the [Communist] Party Congress is going to be meeting soon and President Xi wants to show his strength so he is bullying Taiwan, he&#8217;s trying to pretend that there’s going to be a war, he&#8217;s trying to scare them.&#8221;
&#8220;America should never respond to fear, we should always focus on preventing wars. The way you prevent wars is you don’t shy away from having the backs of your allies and let your enemies know what we expect of them. These temper tantrums are childish and they are dangerous and they shouldn’t be doing them, and the last thing we need to do is run from that.&#8221;
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The government of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taiwan">Taiwan</a> scrambled its air reconnaissance patrol forces and ships after the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china">Chinese</a> government simulated an invasion of the island on Saturday as part of its fourth straight day of military training.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/beijing-simulates-attack-on-taiwan-as-chinese-exercises-extend-into-third-day-11659784913?mod=hp_lead_pos1">reported</a> Saturday that the Taiwan government detected 14 Chinese ships and 20 planes in the Taiwan Strait. Fourteen of those planes crossed the median line toward the island of Taiwan, which sent the country&#8217;s military into action.
In response to the encroaching Chinese military, &#8220;Taiwan&#8217;s army broadcast a warning&#8221;  and put &#8220;shore-based missiles on stand-by&#8221; as air reconnaissance patrol forces and ships monitored the activity, Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/taiwan-says-chinese-planes-ships-carry-out-attack-simulation-exercise-2022-08-06/">reported</a>.
The defense ministry also said that it fired flares after seven drones were flying over the Matsu Islands.
The provocation from China comes just days after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visited Taiwan earlier this week. China’s foreign ministry <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-china-fires-ballistic-missiles-into-taiwanese-waters">issued</a> a protest to the United States, threatening that a visit “seriously infringes upon China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Prior to her trip, Pelosi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-taiwan-defense-official-in-charge-of-missile-production-found-dead-in-hotel-report">wrote</a> that under the Taiwan Relations Act, the U.S. vowed to support defending Taiwan and that the act said that the U.S. would “consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means … a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States.”
After the trip, China’s defense ministry announced it would be launch “targeted military operations,” France 24 <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-china-fires-ballistic-missiles-into-taiwanese-waters">reported</a>.
On Thursday, Taiwan also said that Communist China fired a number of Dongfeng series ballistic missiles into waters by Taiwan’s northeast and southwest.
Other reports said the Taiwanese government asserted that Communist China had fired two missiles from the nearby Matsu Islands.
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BREAKING: <a href="https://twitter.com/MoNDefense?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MoNDefense</a> just confirmed that PLA fired several DF ballistic missiles into Taiwan’s northeast and southwest waters starting from 13:46 local time. In response, the ministry has launched defence systems and condemns irrational actions which undermine regional peace.
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Further reports stated that roughly ten Chinese navy ships crossed the Taiwan Strait median line.
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BREAKING &#8211; TAIWAN SPOTTED TWO MISSILES LAUNCHED BY CHINA NEAR OUTLYING ISLANDS OF MATSU AT AROUND 2 P.M. LOCAL TIME &#8211; INTERNAL GOV REPORT
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Meanwhile, President Joe Biden’s administration reportedly has been lobbying against a bill that would support Taiwan by naming it a major non-NATO ally, according to people familiar with the matter. The bill would give $4.5 billion in security aid and support its presence in international organizations.
Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) said, “The White House has significant concerns … I have significant concerns,” according to Bloomberg. Murphy confirmed the Foreign Relations panel is stalling the bill; it was to have been voted on Wednesday.
Co-sponsor Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) commented, “It’s a miscalculation of how to keep the world in order. At every turn they take the weakest path.”
“If you put this on the floor of the Senate it would pass overwhelmingly,” he added.
Hank Berrien contributed to this report.

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Mars Wrigley, maker of Snickers candy bars, apologized late this week after advertisements in Asia suggested that Taiwan was an independent country.
The candy company was running online advertisements with a South Korean boy band that was targeting audiences outside of China.
Reuters reported that the advertisement was for a limited edition Snickers bar that would only be available in the &#8220;countries&#8221; of South Korea, Malaysia, and Taiwan.
Social media users in China, which <a href="https://en.mofa.gov.tw/News_Content.aspx?n=1328&amp;s=97750">falsely claims</a> that Taiwan belongs to it, exploded over the advertisement after it went viral online.
&#8220;We are aware of reports of Snickers-related activities in other parts of Asia, which we take seriously and apologize for,&#8221; the company said in a statement that was translated by Google. &#8220;We have immediately requested the local team of Snickers to check and adjust its official website and official social account to ensure that the company&#8217;s publicity content is accurate.&#8221;
&#8220;At present, the markets involved in the event have completed the rectification of relevant content,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;Mars Wrigley respects China&#8217;s national sovereignty and territorial integrity and strictly follows local Chinese laws and regulations Carry out business operations activities. We will continue to provide Chinese consumers with high-quality products and services service.&#8221;
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/snickers-maker-apologizes-to-china-for-referring-to-taiwan-as-its-own-country-11659727945">noted</a> that the company issued a second statement a couple of hours later that stated: “There is #OnlyOneChina in the world, and Taiwan is an inseparable part of Chinese territory.”
The apology from Mars Wrigley comes after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visited Taiwan this week to show that China could not isolate the island from the rest of the world.
Pelosi’s visit to the island came despite <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-launching-targeted-military-operations-encircling-taiwan-after-pelosi-lands-on-island">threats</a> from Chinese government and military officials, including a Chinese propagandist at a state-run news organization who effectively <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-china-threatens-to-shoot-down-pelosis-plane-if-she-tries-to-visit-taiwan">threatened</a> that China could shoot down Pelosi’s plane.
The Washington Post published an <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/02/nancy-pelosi-taiwan-visit-op-ed/">op-ed</a> from Pelosi shortly after she landed on the island, explaining her reason for going.
Pelosi noted that under the Taiwan Relations Act, the U.S. vowed to support defending Taiwan and that the act said that the U.S. would “consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means … a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States.”
“Today, America must remember that vow. We must stand by Taiwan, which is an island of resilience,” Pelosi wrote. “In recent years, Beijing has dramatically intensified tensions with Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has ramped up patrols of bombers, fighter jets and surveillance aircraft near and even over Taiwan’s air defense zone, leading the U.S. Defense Department to conclude that China’s army is ‘likely preparing for a contingency to unify Taiwan with the PRC by force.’”
“The PRC has also taken the fight into cyberspace, launching scores of attacks on Taiwan government agencies each day. At the same time, Beijing is squeezing Taiwan economically, pressuring global corporations to cut ties with the island, intimidating countries that cooperate with Taiwan, and clamping down on tourism from the PRC,” Pelosi added. “In the face of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) accelerating aggression, our congressional delegation’s visit should be seen as an unequivocal statement that America stands with Taiwan, our democratic partner, as it defends itself and its freedom.”

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A senior Taiwanese official who was in charge of supervising the island nation&#8217;s massive ramp up of missile production has been found dead in a hotel room in a southern part of the country.
Ou Yang Li-hsing, deputy head of Taiwan defense ministry&#8217;s research and development unit, was found dead Saturday morning, according to state media.
Ou Yang, 57, was on an official trip to the southern county of Pingtung when he died.
Ou Yang was overseeing the military-owned National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology&#8217;s work in doubling its production of missiles to 500 per year as the island nation prepares for a possible invasion in the coming years from Communist China.
After news broke of his death, reports said that he had officially died of a heart attack and that he had a history of heart problems.
Ou Yang&#8217;s death comes after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visited Taiwan this week to show that China could not isolate the island, which it falsely claims as its own, from the rest of the world.
Pelosi&#8217;s visit to the island came despite <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-launching-targeted-military-operations-encircling-taiwan-after-pelosi-lands-on-island">threats</a> from Chinese government and military officials, including a Chinese propagandist at a state-run news organization who effectively <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-china-threatens-to-shoot-down-pelosis-plane-if-she-tries-to-visit-taiwan">threatened</a> that China could shoot down Pelosi&#8217;s plane.
The Washington Post published an <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/02/nancy-pelosi-taiwan-visit-op-ed/">op-ed</a> from Pelosi shortly after she landed on the island that explained her reason for going.
Pelosi noted that under the Taiwan Relations Act, the U.S. vowed to support defending Taiwan and that the act said that the U.S. would “consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means … a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States.”
“Today, America must remember that vow. We must stand by Taiwan, which is an island of resilience,” Pelosi wrote. “In recent years, Beijing has dramatically intensified tensions with Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has ramped up patrols of bombers, fighter jets and surveillance aircraft near and even over Taiwan’s air defense zone, leading the U.S. Defense Department to conclude that China’s army is &#8216;likely preparing for a contingency to unify Taiwan with the PRC by force.&#8217;”
“The PRC has also taken the fight into cyberspace, launching scores of attacks on Taiwan government agencies each day. At the same time, Beijing is squeezing Taiwan economically, pressuring global corporations to cut ties with the island, intimidating countries that cooperate with Taiwan, and clamping down on tourism from the PRC,” Pelosi added. “In the face of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) accelerating aggression, our congressional delegation’s visit should be seen as an unequivocal statement that America stands with Taiwan, our democratic partner, as it defends itself and its freedom.”

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china">China</a> sanctioned <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> on Friday and announced other new measures it will take against the Biden administration in the wake of the Democrat house speaker’s visit to Taiwan.
The sanctions against Pelosi and her immediate family were announced by Beijing even as China ramped up <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-launching-targeted-military-operations-encircling-taiwan-after-pelosi-lands-on-island">saber-rattling exercises</a> including military drills and fighter jet flyovers meant to send a message of intimidation to Taiwan. China’s Foreign Ministry blasted Pelosi’s “vicious and provocative actions” in visiting the island that China considers its sovereign territory.
“Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi insisted on visiting China’s Taiwan region. This constitutes a gross interference in China’s internal affairs. It gravely undermines China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, seriously tramples on the one-China principle, and severely threatens peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait,” a statement from China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.
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In addition to sanctions against Pelosi, Beijing announced the suspension of climate talks, canceled future phone calls and meetings between Chinese and U.S. defense officials, suspended cooperation on the repatriation of illegal immigrants, and suspended its anti-drug cooperation with the U.S.
The U.S. blames China for allowing synthetic opioids, including fentanyl, to flow into the U.S., where they <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fentanyl-deaths-skyrocket-becoming-nations-leading-killer-for-adults-age-18-45">kill thousands of Americans</a> every year.
Pelosi <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-pelosi-arrives-in-taiwan-despite-strong-warnings-from-china">visited</a> Taiwan on Wednesday and met President Tsai Ing-wen and other leaders. China’s Communist Party, which views the self-governed democratic island as its territory, considered the visit a huge affront, and even the Biden administration, which made a point of saying it <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/white-house-says-nothing-changed-181026373.html">does not consider Taiwan independent</a>, expressed frustration.
The Chinese Communist Party has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/following-nancy-pelosis-departure-taiwan-braces-for-chinese-punishment">repeatedly warned</a> against the visit, and during a phone call last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Biden that the United States must not “play with fire.”
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Pelosi, speaking a day later in Tokyo, said the U.S. will not allow China to isolate Taiwan from the international community.
“We will not allow [China] to isolate Taiwan,” the California Democrat said Friday. “They are not doing our travel schedule.”

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China Sanctions Pelosi, U.S. Over Visit To Taiwan

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has arrived in South Korea after she visited Taiwan, leaving behind an island bracing for China to begin military drills.
Pelosi&#8217;s visit to offer U.S. assurances of support for the island&#8217;s democracy has roused the ire of China, prompting Beijing to schedule live-fire military drills this week. She is the first House speaker to visit Taiwan since Newt Gingrich’s 1997 trip. China considers Taiwan its own territory.
“Today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy,” Pelosi said during a meeting with Taiwan’s president, Tsai Ing-wen, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/03/world/pelosi-visit-taiwan-china">according to the New York Times</a>. “America’s determination to preserve democracy here in Taiwan and around the world remains ironclad.”
Pelosi, the highest ranking member of the United States government to visit Taiwan in the last 25 years, affronted China through the visit despite discouragement from President Joe Biden&#8217;s administration.
&#8220;We have to talk from strength,&#8221; she said during a press event in Taiwan. &#8220;We have to talk from what Taiwan has been so good about – as being technologically advanced, whether it&#8217;s in business or security.  And we have to show the world.&#8221;
&#8220;And that&#8217;s one of the purposes of our trip: to show the world the success of the people of Taiwan.  Their courage, their courage to change their own country to become more democratic, to become more democratic.  Their respect for people and the rest, and quite frankly, a model in this region, in that respect – in those respects,&#8221; Pelosi continued.
Pelosi praised Taiwan for the island&#8217;s handling of the pandemic, met with human rights leaders, and called a trade deal between the U.S. and Taiwan, the Times reported.
Meanwhile, Beijing increasingly issued warnings — announcing trade curbs and military drills, and the Taiwan government websites <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/08/02/taiwan-presidential-office-website-hit-by-cyberattack-ahead-of-pelosi-visit-00049255">suffered a series of hacks</a>. In response, Taiwan is <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/subway-stations-shopping-malls-taiwan-prepares-its-air-raid-shelters-2022-08-02/">reportedly preparing air-raid</a> shelters where people can seek refuge should China begin launching missiles.
China&#8217;s foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Wednesday that as a result of Pelosi&#8217;s visit, more punishments for both the U.S. and Taiwan would follow.
“As for the specific countermeasures, what I can tell you is that they’ll include everything that should be included,” Hua said, <a class="css-yywogo" title="" href="http://world.people.com.cn/n1/2022/0803/c1002-32493679.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according to People’s Daily</a>. a China state-affiliated media outlet. “The measures in question will be firm, vigorous and effective, and the U.S. side and Taiwan independence forces will continue feeling them.”
The Chinese Communist Party has repeatedly warned against the visit, and during a phone call last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Biden that the United States must not “play with fire.”
“Those who play with fire will perish by it. It is hoped that the U.S. will be clear-eyed about this,” the Chinese president said, Fox <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/pelosi-defies-china-during-meeting-taiwan-president-we-will-not-abandon-our-commitment">reported</a>.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/china-warns-forceful-measures-if-us-house-speaker-pelosi-visits-taiwan-2022-07-19/">also warned</a> in mid-July that any visit would “seriously undermine China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” adding, “If the U.S. side obstinately clings to this course, China will definitely take resolute and forceful measures to firmly defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The United States must be fully responsible for all the consequences caused by this.”

Following Nancy Pelosi’s Departure, Taiwan Braces For Chinese Punishment

Nancy Pelosi Departs Taiwan As China Promises Punishments

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Communist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china">China</a> will launch military operations encircling <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taiwan">Taiwan</a> in response to House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi</a> (D-CA) landing Tuesday on the island.
Pelosi is the first House speaker to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nancy-pelosi-arrives-in-taiwan-despite-strong-warnings-from-china">visit</a> Taiwan since Newt Gingrich’s 1997 visit, an island that China falsely claims is its territory, which has sparked China&#8217;s military to be put on high alert.
“Our Congressional delegation’s visit to Taiwan honors America’s unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan’s vibrant Democracy,” Pelosi said in a statement issued upon her arrival. “Our visit is part of our broader trip to the Indo-Pacific — including Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan — focused on mutual security, economic partnership and democratic governance.”
China&#8217;s defense ministry <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/china-launch-targeted-military-operations-due-pelosi-visit-2022-08-02/">said</a> it is launching &#8220;targeted military operations&#8221; in response to Pelosi&#8217;s visit to the island.
Separately, Shi Yi, a spokesperson for the Eastern Theater Command, <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/china-plans-four-days-of-military-drills-in-areas-encircling-taiwan/ar-AA10enwm">said</a> in a statement, “This action is targeted at the US’s shocking recent major escalation on the Taiwan issue, and serves as a serious warning to Taiwanese independence forces or those seeking independence.”
China said the military operations would launch on August 4th in six areas that encircle the island.
The Washington Post published an <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/08/02/nancy-pelosi-taiwan-visit-op-ed/">op-ed</a> from Pelosi shortly after she landed on the island, explaining her reason for going.
Pelosi noted that under the Taiwan Relations Act, the U.S. vowed to support defending Taiwan and that the act said that the U.S. would “consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means … a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States.”
&#8220;Today, America must remember that vow. We must stand by Taiwan, which is an island of resilience,&#8221; Pelosi wrote. &#8220;In recent years, Beijing has dramatically intensified tensions with Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has ramped up patrols of bombers, fighter jets and surveillance aircraft near and even over Taiwan’s air defense zone, leading the U.S. Defense Department to conclude that China’s army is &#8216;likely preparing for a contingency to unify Taiwan with the PRC by force.'&#8221;
&#8220;The PRC has also taken the fight into cyberspace, launching scores of attacks on Taiwan government agencies each day. At the same time, Beijing is squeezing Taiwan economically, pressuring global corporations to cut ties with the island, intimidating countries that cooperate with Taiwan, and clamping down on tourism from the PRC,&#8221; Pelosi added. &#8220;In the face of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) accelerating aggression, our congressional delegation’s visit should be seen as an unequivocal statement that America stands with Taiwan, our democratic partner, as it defends itself and its freedom.&#8221;

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China Launching ‘Targeted Military Operations’ Encircling Taiwan After Pelosi Lands On Island

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D) has reportedly arrived in Taiwan amid threats of retaliation from the Chinese Communist Party.
A plane reportedly carrying the House speaker touched down on the island of Taiwan on Tuesday, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nancy-pelosi-lands-taiwan-chinese-threats-military-activity">Fox News reported</a>. She is the first House speaker to visit Taiwan since Newt Gingrich&#8217;s 1997 visit — an island that China considers its territory — and her visit <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/subway-stations-shopping-malls-taiwan-prepares-its-air-raid-shelters-2022-08-02/">has prompted</a> China to increase military activity in both the sea and air around Taiwan.
“Our Congressional delegation’s visit to Taiwan honors America’s unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan’s vibrant Democracy,&#8221; Pelosi <a href="https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/8222-2">said in a statement issued</a> upon her arrival.
“Our visit is part of our broader trip to the Indo-Pacific — including Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan — focused on mutual security, economic partnership and democratic governance,&#8221; she added.
&#8220;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. 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,&#8221; she said.
<div id="attachment_418391" style="width: 876px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-418391" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-418391 size-large" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GettyImages-1242266392-866x576.jpg" alt="" width="866" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242266392-866x576.jpg 866w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242266392-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242266392-768x511.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242266392-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242266392-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242266392-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/08/GettyImages-1242266392-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 866px) 100vw, 866px" />A US military aircraft with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on board prepares to land at Sungshan Airport in Taipei on August 2, 2022. &#8211; Pelosi landed in Taiwan on August 2 evening, defying days of increasingly stark warnings from China that have sent tensions between the world&#8217;s two superpowers soaring.   (Photo by SAM YEH/AFP via Getty Images)</div>
The speaker of the house noted that her visit is one of &#8220;several Congressional delegations to Taiwan,&#8221; noting that it &#8220;in no way contradicts longstanding United States policy.&#8221;
&#8220;The United States continues to oppose unilateral efforts to change the status quo,&#8221; she added.
The Chinese Communist Party has repeatedly warned against the visit, and during a Thursday phone call, Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Joe Biden that the United States must not &#8220;play with fire.&#8221;
&#8220;Those who play with fire will perish by it. It is hoped that the U.S. will be clear-eyed about this,&#8221; the Chinese president said, Fox reported.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/china-warns-forceful-measures-if-us-house-speaker-pelosi-visits-taiwan-2022-07-19/">also warned</a> in mid July that any visit would &#8220;seriously undermine China&#8217;s sovereignty and territorial integrity,&#8221; adding, &#8220;If the U.S. side obstinately clings to this course, China will definitely take resolute and forceful measures to firmly defend its national sovereignty and territorial integrity. The United States must be fully responsible for all the consequences caused by this.&#8221;
Biden told reporters on July 20 that &#8220;the military thinks it’s not a good idea right now&#8221; for Pelosi to head to Taiwan. But on Monday, Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby pushed back against the suggestion that Pelosi was urged not to go, before saying, &#8220;The speaker makes her own decisions.&#8221;
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FLASHBACK: Pentagon Press Sec John Kirby said today: &quot;I don&#39;t know that [Pelosi] was urged not to go&quot; to Taiwan.
On July 20, Biden said &quot;it&#39;s not a good idea&quot; for Pelosi to go. <a href="https://t.co/HbI1Wcv9gK">pic.twitter.com/HbI1Wcv9gK</a>
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Her trip has sparked concerns of Chinese aggression &#8212; Reuters reported Tuesday morning tha Taiwan is <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/subway-stations-shopping-malls-taiwan-prepares-its-air-raid-shelters-2022-08-02/">reportedly preparing air-raid</a> shelters where people can seek refuge should China begin launching missiles.
&#8220;The response will almost certainly include a military component,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/fravel/status/1554181532906127361">tweeted</a> M. Taylor Fravel, who serves as director of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, &#8220;most likely with a show of force in the first instance—live fire exercises, a much greater military presence within the Taiwan Strait and esp across &#8216;the median line,&#8217; even missile tests.&#8221;
&#8220;The response will also include economic and diplomatic actions, probably mostly targeting Taiwan,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The response will likely unfold over days if not weeks, but likely start after Pelosi departs Taiwan. Unlike previous CODELs even earlier this year, China will do more than surge aircraft into Taiwan&#8217;s ADIZ for a day or two.&#8221;
&#8220;The goal will be to underscore resolve without sparking escalation,&#8221; he continued, &#8220;but the likely prominence to the military component will include the potential for miscalculation. There are also significant US naval assets in the region at the moment.&#8221;
Protesters reportedly waited outside Pelosi&#8217;s hotel with signs welcoming her or urging her to &#8220;scram.&#8221;
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I&#39;m standing outside the Grand Hyatt hotel near Taipei 101, where Nancy Pelosi is expected to stay tonight. There is a large crowd of onlookers, i&#39;d say around 200, some of whom are holding signs either supporting or opposing Pelosi&#39;s visit. <a href="https://t.co/Fe52KDDE0G">pic.twitter.com/Fe52KDDE0G</a>
&mdash; B. Allen-Ebrahimian (@BethanyAllenEbr) <a href="https://twitter.com/BethanyAllenEbr/status/1554475511963058178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 2, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Nancy Pelosi Arrives In Taiwan Despite Strong Warnings From China

Nancy Pelosi Arrives In Taiwan 

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/taiwan">Taiwan</a> has reportedly started to call back soldiers on leave and ordered them to prepare for war as communist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china">China</a> has repeatedly issued threats ahead of House Speaker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nancy-pelosi">Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s</a> (D-CA) anticipated visit to the island this week.
&#8220;We would like to tell the United States once again that China is standing by, the Chinese People&#8217;s Liberation Army will never sit idly by, and China will take resolute responses and strong countermeasures to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity,&#8221; Chinese propagandist Zhao Lijian <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pelosi-taiwan-asia-tour-china-warnings-military-action/">said</a> at a press briefing this week, reported CBS News.
&#8220;As for what measures, if she dares to go, then let&#8217;s wait and see,&#8221; Zhao <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/politics/nancy-pelosi-taiwan-visit/index.html">added</a>, per CNN.
In response, Taiwan has canceled the leave of some soldiers and <a href="https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19387927/taiwan-prepares-war-china-no-fly-zone-pelosi-visit/">ordered</a> them to &#8220;immediately prepare for war&#8221; while China conducts military drills in the area.
U.S. and Taiwanese officials told CNN that Pelosi is expected to visit the island on Tuesday as part of her trip through Asia despite Democrat President Joe Biden&#8217;s apparent warning to her against making the trip.
Secretary of State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/antony-blinken">Antony Blinken</a> claimed that the administration did not know what Pelosi would do and that since Congress is an independent and co-equal branch of the U.S. government, &#8220;the decision is entirely the Speaker&#8217;s.&#8221;
&#8220;And so if the speaker does decide to visit and China tries to create some kind of crisis or otherwise escalate tensions, that would be entirely on Beijing,&#8221; Blinken said. &#8220;We are looking for them, in the event she decides to visit, to act responsibly and not to engage in any escalation going forward.&#8221;
National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said on Monday that the administration would support Pelosi if she goes to Taiwan.
&#8220;We want to make sure that when she travels overseas, she can do so safely and securely and we&#8217;re going to make sure of that. There is no reason for the Chinese rhetoric. There is no reason for any actions to be taken. It is not uncommon for congressional leaders to travel to Taiwan,&#8221; Kirby said. &#8220;We shouldn&#8217;t be as a country — we shouldn&#8217;t be intimidated by that rhetoric or those potential actions. This is an important trip for the speaker to be on and we&#8217;re going to do whatever we can to support her.&#8221;
The White House <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/white-house-slammed-over-weak-response-to-china-threatening-pelosi-they-failed-at-americaning">faced</a> backlash Friday afternoon after critics said it gave a weak response to China&#8217;s threats.
Chinese <a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/02/10/liberal-chinese-hu-xijin-clubhouse/">propagandist</a> Hu Xijin, editor of China’s jingoistic state-run Global Times, responded to news about Pelosi’s travels by issuing a threat on social media. Hu is a former Chinese army officer, a member of the Chinese Communist Party, and is the unofficial <a href="https://qz.com/745577/inside-the-global-times-chinas-hawkish-belligerent-state-tabloid/">mouthpiece</a> for the country, able to say what China’s top officials want to say, but often can’t.
“If US fighter jets escort Pelosi’s plane into Taiwan, it is invasion,” Hu said. “The PLA has the right to forcibly dispel Pelosi’s plane and the US fighter jets, including firing warning shots and making tactical movement of obstruction. If ineffective, then shoot them down.”
When asked about the matter, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not address the remarks from Hu and only said that they would not comment on Pelosi&#8217;s travels.
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Taiwan Calls Troops Back From Leave To ‘Immediately Prepare For War’ As Pelosi Set To Visit Island: Reports

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china">China</a> accused the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/white-house">White House</a> of lying when it claimed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">President Joe Biden</a> pressed Chinese <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/xi-jinping">President Xi Jinping</a> on the country’s systematic abuse of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/uyghur">Uyghur Muslims</a> when the leaders spoke by phone Thursday morning.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/karine-jean-pierre">White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre</a> said after the marathon call that Biden had “raised genocide and forced labor practices” imposed on the minority group by the Chinese Communist Party. There are an estimated 12 million Uyghurs in the northwestern Xinjiang province, where they are tortured, sterilized, imprisoned and treated as slaves, according to international human rights advocates.
“That is something that he raised about human rights, as he always does,” Jean-Pierre claimed. “This is, as we’ve said, that anytime the president has an opportunity, he raises that when he meets with another leader, and called on the [People’s Republic of China] to cease its ongoing human rights abuses across China.”
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Honestly, I’ve never heard <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> himself publicly speaking out against China’s ongoing genocide of Uyghurs/Turkic peoples in East Turkistan; it’s always been other officials. Biden needs to uphold his campaign promise &amp; act against the genocide.<a href="https://t.co/6lZaj2755i">https://t.co/6lZaj2755i</a>
&mdash; Salih Hudayar (سالىھ خۇدايار) (@SalihHudayar) <a href="https://twitter.com/SalihHudayar/status/1553091147383308294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 29, 2022</a></blockquote>
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But on Friday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijan called Pierre’s claim Biden got tough with Xi “disinformation.”
“I can tell you that allegations of ‘genocide’ and ‘forced labor’ in Xinjiang are pure lies,” Zhao said. “You said the White House press secretary claimed that ‘genocide’ and ‘forced labor’ came up in last night’s call. That is disinformation.”
Both countries issued readouts of the call, and neither one mentioned the Uyghurs. The U.S. said Biden and Xi “discussed a range of issues important to the bilateral relationship and other regional and global issues.”
The call, which reportedly lasted about two hours, was the fifth conversation between the two leaders since early 2021. They reportedly discussed a variety of topics, including the tension surrounding Taiwan, economic competition, and the war in Ukraine.
Zhao has been highly critical of the U.S this week, especially in light of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s planned visit to Taiwan. The self-governing island is supported by the U.S., but China considers it part of its territory. Beijing has warned it would view Pelosi’s trip as a provocation.
“If the U.S. insists on going its own way and challenging China’s bottom line, it will surely be met with forceful responses,” Zhao told reporters earlier this week. “All ensuing consequences shall be borne by the U.S.”

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