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US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on August 2, 2022, during a tour of Asia despite repeated warnings from Beijing and the risk of military conflict between the US and China. Heightened tensions caused by the trip led to the deployment of a PLA destroyer and guided missile frigate in waters east of Taiwan. The US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan and amphibious ship USS Tripoli were also reported to be operating near the island.
Then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holds the gavel at the US Capitol in Washington in 2019. File photo: AP
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