De Analist Thomas Polin legde het zo uit gisteren:
"... On their fourth call months ago, Xi Jinping already told Joe Biden to his face that POTUS was saying one thing and his government was doing the opposite. In their fifth call days ago, Xi apparently repeated the complaint and
said China would hold the Biden administration responsible for any Pelosi visit. Some insiders report that it was the toughest Xi had been with any foreign leader. This new provocation would lead to an
irretrievable breakdown of trust. Xi would arrive at the same conclusion Vladimir Putin did half a year ago.
A new commentary in the CPC's Global Times lays out the bottom lines (link below). Excerpts:
"If Pelosi goes to Taiwan, China will see it as a provocative action permitted by the Biden administration rather than a personal decision made by Pelosi, and it would be a serious incident that means the US has violated its promise...
"This means China's retaliation will not just target Pelosi, the Biden administration will also have to face the serious consequence of a comprehensive setback of China-US relations, analysts said.?*
"China's strategic view is far greater than just playing a game of hawk-and-chicken with Pelosi on her so-called surprise visit to the island, as China will use this provocative move by the US to irreversibly change the Taiwan Straits situation and speed up the reunification process, which is actually much more important than a US politician's visit, said experts.
"If the US believes Pelosi's adventurist move can open a new door for Washington on the Taiwan question, that would be too naive, said experts, noting that it could only end the US strategy of coercion on Taiwan. No one should underestimate China's determination for its reunification and rejuvenation, and the Russia-Ukraine crisis has just let the world see the consequence of pushing a major power into a corner, said analysts. China will steadily speed up its process of reunification and declare the end of US domination of the world order, they said." "
https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202208/1271966.shtml