There is renewed tension between the US and China over the issue of Taiwan

Washington Correspondent

Opportunity to visit Nancy Pelosi in Taiwan It threatens to trigger a major diplomatic crisis between China and the US. The Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives arrived in Singapore on Monday with a delegation of US elected officials on a four-day tour of Asia. She has to go to Malaysia, then South Korea and Japan. Her stop in Taiwan has not been officially confirmed or denied, but Pelosi has warned that she would not give details of her itinerary for security reasons.

Multiple sources in Taipei and Washington say the high-risk visit will take place and the House Speaker may arrive on the island on Tuesday evening. Absence of denial can be an implicit affirmation.

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China has already warned the US against a trip “Severe Negative Impact” Sino-US relations, promising “Strong and determined measures…