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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite a warning from China, as tensions between the two superpowers continue to soar. The prospect of Pelosi going to Taipei, which would be the highest-profile visit by an elected US official in 25 years, has triggered increasingly bellicose warnings from Beijing that have set the region on edge. IMAGES
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite a warning from China, as tensions between the two superpowers continue to soar. The prospect of Pelosi going to Taipei, which would be the highest-profile visit by an elected US official in 25 years, has triggered increasingly bellicose warnings from Beijing that have set the region on edge. IMAGES
A plane carrying US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaves Taiwan as she continues her Asia tour. Pelosi became the highest-profile elected US official to visit Taiwan in 25 years. IMAGES
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen arrives in Belize after visiting Guatemala, just a week after neighbour Honduras became the latest country to switch ties to China. IMAGES
The United States says that China's launch of nine ballistic missiles around Taiwan is an overraction to the visit of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan. "China has chosen to overreact and use the speaker's visit as a pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around the Taiwan Strait," says US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby. SOUNDBITE
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