Fri. Jul 5th, 2024

Pelosi Blanks Media Questions as China Lights up the Taiwan Strait with Barrage of Missiles<!-- wp:html --><p>KIM MIN-HEE</p> <p>SEOUL—<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/china-fires-missiles-near-taiwan-in-massive-show-of-force-after-nancy-pelosi-visit">The Chinese were firing missiles</a> Thursday near the island province of <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/even-the-people-of-taiwan-say-pelosi-is-just-causing-trouble-and-should-have-sacrificed-over-hyped-trip">Taiwan while Speaker Nancy Pelosi</a> did her best to avoid or change the whole disquieting subject.</p> <p>That’s because Pelosi was in Korea, and the South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol obviously wants nothing to do with the issue of Pelosi’s defiance of Beijing’s threats to take over the island.</p> <p>Well before she got here, Yoon’s aides were saying he was “on vacation” and therefore wouldn’t be seeing her.</p> <p><a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/pelosi-blanks-media-questions-as-china-lights-up-the-taiwan-strait-with-barrage-of-missiles?source=articles&via=rss">Read more at The Daily Beast.</a></p><!-- /wp:html -->

KIM MIN-HEE

SEOUL—The Chinese were firing missiles Thursday near the island province of Taiwan while Speaker Nancy Pelosi did her best to avoid or change the whole disquieting subject.

That’s because Pelosi was in Korea, and the South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol obviously wants nothing to do with the issue of Pelosi’s defiance of Beijing’s threats to take over the island.

Well before she got here, Yoon’s aides were saying he was “on vacation” and therefore wouldn’t be seeing her.

Read more at The Daily Beast.

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