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China piled a beach opposite Taiwan with tanks and vowed to fight ‘to the death’ as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi touched down in the self-ruled island for the highest-level visit by a US official in a quarter century.
©Provided by MetroUS House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on Tuesday as China lined a beach opposite the breakaway island with tanks (Pictures: WeChat/AP)
Tanks lined the Fujian coast by the Taiwan Strait in dramatic video shared on the Chinese social network Weibo, and it appeared military equipment was being transferred in Xiamen. Chinese warplanes jetted along the Taiwan Strait.
The setup for a standoff unfolded as Pelosi landed in Taiwan’s capital of Taipei on Tuesday, despite strong objections and warnings from the Chinese government.
Wearing a pink suit and face mask, Pelosi stepped down a US Air Force…
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