Tianwanese officials are worried about what this means. They're expecting maybe missiles to be shot in on straighten near u tian itself. But the other part of it is, like, ya, eliaere happy to have nancy filos eer because it shows how close america and tian are. The chance of miscalculation rises. And that doesn't make anyone feel good.
China didn’t want Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Taiwan. Neither did the White House. Politico’s Alex Ward explains why she went anyway.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Jon Ehrens, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Noel King.
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