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Power Play: The Taiwan tinderbox
China's show of force hardens US resolve to defend Taiwan
How has the Pelosi visit affected the calculations of the United States and China in their face-off over Taiwan? The Straits Times' correspondents in Beijing and Washington look at their actions and responses.
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Ships from the Ronald Reagan Strike Group carrying out drills with ships from the Japan Maritime Self Defence Force in the South China Sea in 2018.
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As Chinese warships moved to effectively blockade Taiwan from the outside world and fired missiles over the island in a display of force, Washington watched and drew its conclusions about Beijing's intentions and plans for taking Taiwan.
American officials, lawmakers and foreign policy hands decried the live-fire exercises as efforts to bully and punish Taipei for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit last Tuesday and Wednesday, in defiance of Beijing's opposition.
