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進入《TAIPEI TIMES》 China ‘normalizing’ pressure over Taiwan: Pelosi
US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs Chairman Gregory Meeks, center, answers questions during a news conference about a recent congressional delegation trip to the Indo-Pacific region, with US representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi, left, Mark Takano, second left, and Suzan DelBene, second right, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, right, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
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US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday said that Washington could not allow Beijing to normalize the new level of pressure on Taiwan it asserted with days of military drills following her visit to Taipei.
“What we saw with China is that they were trying to establish sort of a new normal, and we just can’t let that happen,” Pelosi told a news conference with four other US Democratic House members who accompanied her on the trip to Asia.
China on Wednesday said it had “completed various tasks” around Taiwan, but would continue regular patrols, potentially signaling an end to days of war games while keeping up pressure on Taipei.
Furious at the visit to Taipei last week by Pelosi, a vocal critic of China for decades, China had extended its largest-ever exercises around Taiwan.
“We went there to praise Taiwan. We went there to show our friendship, to say China cannot isolate Taiwan,” Pelosi said.
She laughed when asked about China’s announcement that it was sanctioning her and her immediate family.
“Who cares?” Pelosi said. “That is incidental to me, of no relevance whatsoever.”
US Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi said the delegation discussed a backlog of pending arms sales to Taiwan.
He and US Representative Gregory Meeks, chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, said lawmakers were taking steps to move such deals more quickly.
“We intend to fulfill all of our obligations to all of our partners and others who are counting on us for these vital supplies,” Krishnamoorthi said.
Meeks said his committee was working on legislation that would help expedite defense equipment agreements.
新聞來源：TAIPEI TIMES
