A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman told reporters in Beijing on Monday that such a visit would be a blatant interference in China’s internal affairs.
“The Chinese side is fully prepared for all eventualities,” said a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, commenting on rumors of Pelosi’s possible visit to Taiwan this week.
“The People’s Liberation Army will not stand idly by, and the Chinese side will definitely take firm and decisive measures to protect our sovereignty and territorial indivisibility,” the official said.
Taiwan and mainland China are governed separately since the Nationalist government of the Republic of China, defeated in the civil war, took refuge on this island in 1949, but the People’s Republic of China was proclaimed in the communist-occupied mainland China, which considers Taiwan a part of its territory.
Pelosi visited Singapore on Monday, where she met with government officials and attended a reception hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce.
Pelosi also plans to visit Malaysia, Japan and South Korea.
Taiwan is not on her official visit plan, but Chinese state media have expressed concern that Pelosi may ignore Beijing’s warnings and visit Taiwan as well. It would be the highest-ranking US official’s visit to Taiwan in decades.
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