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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei, Taiwan, prompted warnings and threats from the Chinese government, but it is unlikely to upset her Taiwanese American and Chinese American constituents in San Francisco.

Editorial: The US policy of ‘strategic ambiguity’ might lack satisfying certainty but it has worked as a method for keeping the peace

Nancy Pelosi's trip so enraged mainland China that the country’s most popular social media platform, Weibo, crashed for about 30 minutes, confirming it was overstretched

It’s one thing to declare yourself ‘rather dead than red’, quite another to inflict that decision on the rest of us, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

Plus! Galaxies probe gazes back 12 billion years and Taiwan cyberattack

Public concern about Taiwan’s national security arose after monitors in multiple convenience stores and a train station in Taiwan were hacked as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi began a controversial visit. The government of China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province and had expressed strong opposition to the visit. The…

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The expressions of mutual support and admiration were broadcast on live TV and went off without a hitch.

UK foreign secretary calls US House speaker’s trip ‘perfectly reasonable’ and urges China to de-escalate

Late-night hosts discuss the killing of al-Qaida’s Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan and Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan