Nancy Pelosi Claims the International Incident Sparked by Her Taiwan Trip Was the Result of Sexism

8/3/22
 
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from Western Journal,
8/3/22:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday made her highly contentious visit to Taiwan an exercise in gender politics.

During remarks at an event with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, the California Democrat said China did not unleash clouds of bellicose rhetoric, as it has on the subject of her visit, when other members of Congress visited the island, according to Bloomberg.

“They made a big fuss because I’m the speaker, I guess. I don’t know if that was a reason or an excuse,” Pelosi said. “Because they didn’t say anything when the men came.”

The speaker left Taiwan on Wednesday, with The Washington Post editorializing that her “unwise” visit left others to contain the damage she caused as China continues military drills around the island.

On Tuesday, Taiwan reported 21 Chinese aircraft had entered its air defense identification zone and said drills planned for the next few days were a form of a threat, according to Reuters.

“The so-called drill areas are falling within the busiest international channels in the Indo-Pacific region,” a senior Taiwan official familiar with its security planning told the outlet.

“We can see China’s ambition: to make the Taiwan Strait non-international waters, as well as making the entire area west of the first island chain in the western pacific its sphere of influence,” the source said.

White House national security spokesman John Kirby said China might use “economic coercion” to punish Taiwan for having Pelosi visit.

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