When China Went Ballistic with Missile Tests in Taiwan Strait in 1996; Is Beijing Miscalculating Pelosi’s V - News18

The flashpoint behind the 1996 China-Taiwan missile test-fire in Taipei was then Taiwan’s President Lee Teng-hui’s visit to the US in 1995 to attend an alumni celebration at Cornell University... Joe Biden had said the US would intervene militarily to defend …

China is furious with the US House Speaker Nancy Pelosis visit to Taiwan, an island nation that China claims to be its territory. Taiwan claims to be an independent country with strong democratic ide… [+9374 chars]

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