US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in Taiwan on Tuesday, making her the highest-ranking US official to visit in 25 years. China’s government is not happy. It views the self-governing island as a Chinese province gone rogue. The White House says it could not stop Pelosi’s visit, reiterating it does not want to provoke Beijing. Meanwhile, many in Taiwan are excited about Pelosi’s visit. The World’s Southeast Asia correspondent Patrick Winn is on the line.
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