that s a quote. they view it as part of their territory. that s why it s a big deal. will ripley is there. tell us about what you re learning. so i ll start with the response because that s the new information we re getting from the chinese side. they have actually put out a map showing a number of different military exercises that are going to be happening at various locations that encircle the island of taiwan. some of these locations are very close to the shore line of taiwan. so we don t know exactly details yet about what these military exercises are going to entail, but theoretically, if they re loud enough, there could be some people living in taiwan along the coastline who can actually hear the sounds of this. and that will be incredibly escalatory and exactly the kind of point that beijing is trying to make to express their fury over nancy pelosi visiting home to 25 million people who elected their president, a president beijing does not feel is legitimate. he does
regarding taiwan s situation, and pelosi s argument is she s simply recognizing that. the trouble is china is in the midst of its own leadership extension here where the chinese president is about to be able to break term limits in that country and has made bringing taiwan back into chinese territory one of his hopes for historic legacy here. so this is about the message of chinese politics as much as anything else. so what was the big concern from u.s. officials about the potential threat that could occur around this visit should she go, now she s there, are u.s. officials bracing for some kind of further escalation on china s behalf? some are. there s nervousness about escalation and with escalation,