Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is visiting Taiwan on Wednesday, further amplifying tensions between China and the United States. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned in the morning that “those who offend China must be punished, inevitably”.
“It’s a prank, pure and simple. Under cover of “democracy”, the United States is violating China’s sovereignty,” the minister also said, on the sidelines of an ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) meeting in Phnom. Penh.
In response to this visit, Beijing announced a series of military exercises in the vicinity of the island and carried out a brief aerial incursion. China also announced Wednesday to suspend the import of certain fruits and fish from Taiwan, as well as the export of sand to the island.