Pelosi's Taiwan visit will inflame US-China crisis, analysts warn
US House Speaker's planned trip could provoke military response from modernised People's Liberation Army
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TAIPEI • China has escalated a campaign of threats and war games to try to dissuade Mrs Nancy Pelosi from visiting Taiwan in the coming days.
Beijing has publicly warned of "forceful countermeasures" to any visit, which would be the first by a United States House of Representatives Speaker in 25 years, and has stepped up naval and air force manoeuvres around Taiwan. Chinese officials have even suggested to US counterparts the possibility of a military response.
