CGTN published this video item, entitled “Pelosi trip shows U.S. domestic policy dictating international pacts” – below is their description.
When China and the U.S. normalized their relationship, Washington made a stern effort to limit contact with China’s Taiwan region to the unofficial level. Then things began to go south. What went wrong? Experts on The Hub with Wang Guan pin it on U.S. domestic policy starting to control Washington’s international agreements.
Professor Jia Qingguo of Peking University’s School of International Studies sees House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan trip as having nothing to do with promoting “democracy” in Taiwan but everything to do with the Democrats losing support in the U.S. Getting tough on China is a popular ploy for U.S. parties to bolster sagging support, and Taiwan is a handle for that. However, he predicts that the results will not be as she expects.
Jonathan Pollack, a non-resident senior fellow at the John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution, thinks President Joe Biden didn’t wish the trip to happen. But since he couldn’t prevent it, he will have to deal with the consequences.
However, it is Taiwan that will bear the immediate brunt of Beijing’s punitive economic measures. And when the people of Taiwan suffer, Jia says the Democratic Progressive Party in Taiwan is to blame. “They had a chance to decline Pelosi’s visit, but they went along with that,” he said.
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