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A convoy carrying US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrives at a hotel in Taipei upon her landing in Taiwan, despite a warning from China, as tensions between the two superpowers continue to soar. 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
US Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen meet at the Presidential Palace in Taipei. Pelosi's visit defied a string of increasingly stark warnings and threats from China, which views Taiwan as its territory and had warned it would consider her visit a major provocation. IMAGES
US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and members of the US Congress meet with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, California. (COMPLETES VIDI33CP8BC_EN) IMAGES
US Speaker of the House of Representatives Kevin McCarthy welcomes Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen outside the Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley, California. IMAGES