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China bashing has long been a favorite sport in the United States and some European countries, so it is quite surprising that Western mainstream commentators, over the past days, have been lambasting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for visiting Taiwan.

Former U.S. ambassador to China Max Baucus told Newsweek that House Speaker Nancy Pelosis Taiwan trip "was a mistake" and an "ill-advised" move.

China bashing has long been a favorite sport in the United States and some European countries, so it is quite surprising that Western mainstream commentators, over the past days, have been lambasting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for visiting Taiwan.

U.S.-China relations are teetering on a precipice after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. Pelosi received a rapturous welcome in Taipei and was applauded with strong bipartisan support in Washington, despite the Biden administration’s misgivings. But her trip has enraged Beijing and Chinese nationalists and will complicate already strained ties even after her departure.…

Washington, Aug. 4 (CNA) China's recent firing of missiles into waters near Taiwan are likely not just a one-off series of exercises but a "new normal" aimed at changing the status quo in the region, American scholars said Thursday.

"The level of distrust is the highest it has been in 50 years," said Bonnie Glaser, China expert at the German Marshall Fund. "Both sides have an enormous stake in stopping the downward spiral, and perhaps this will be a wakeup call that they need to do so."

WASHINGTON -- U.S.-China relations are teetering on a precipice after House Speaker Nancy Pelosis visit to Taiwan.

Pelosi's trip has enraged Beijing and Chinese nationalists and will complicate already strained ties between the U.S. and China.

Political observers in the United States have criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan as only serving to escalate the tensions in China-US relations and casting a cloud over the US' fading influence in East Asia.

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The expressions of mutual support and admiration were broadcast on live TV and went off without a hitch. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi re-affirmed her support for Taiwan, declaring Wedne...