YIKES: China Reportedly Issues Warning Amid Planned Nancy Pelosi Visit to Taiwan

A planned visit by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to Taiwan is triggering warnings from China, according to a Financial Times report.

The report was published Saturday and cited six people familiar with the Chinese warnings as saying they were significantly stronger than the threats that Beijing has made in the past when it was unhappy with U.S. actions or policy on Taiwan, which is claimed by China.

The possibility of a military response was even suggested by the private rhetoric as the FT cited several people familiar with the situation as saying.

According to Joe Biden, the Pentagon does not support Pelosi’s visit to the island nation and that he would speak with Xi Jinping regarding the situation.

Pelosi plans to visit in August and she would become the first highest-ranking American lawmaker in 25 years to visit if it goes ahead as planned.

Biden had said, “I think that the military thinks it’s not a good idea right now, but I don’t know what the status of it is.”

“I think I’ll be talking to President Xi within the next 10 days,” Biden added at the time.

Newt Gingrich responded today to the situation in a tweet where he asked, “What is the Pentagon thinking when it publicly warns against Speaker Pelosi going to Taiwan?”

“If we are so intimidated by the Chinese Communists we can’t even protect an American Speaker of the House why should Beijing believe we can help Taiwan survive. Timidity is dangerous,” Gingrich pointed out.

What is the Pentagon thinking when it publicly warns against Speaker Pelosi going to Taiwan? If we are so intimidated by the Chinese Communists we can’t even protect an American Speaker of the House why should Beijing believe we can help Taiwan survive. Timidity is dangerous.

— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) July 25, 2022