Alex ward is a national security reporter for politico. He explains what china has been saying about polose's visit to the us. Alex: What they've been saying, as i look in a call that were told lasted more than two hours,. She warned president byden, those who play with fire will perish by it.
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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