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Biden "got covid" AGAIN.
With Pelosi's asian tour and the whole chinese situation... shaaaady
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this was reported in evening news:
NY Post reports:
"Debris from a massive Chinese rocket made its uncontrolled return to Earth on Saturday over the Indian Ocean, according to the US Space Command.
The debris was spotted by US Space Command at 12:45 pm. Aerospace experts had been tracking the debris for days because it was unclear when — and where — it would land.
The Chinese Manned Space Agency insisted most of the debris had burned up on re-entry over the Sulu Sea, between the island of Borneo and the Philippines, according to the New York Times, which cited updates on the social networking site Weibo.
The debris was part of a 23-ton, 10-story rocket called Long March 5B, which China jettisoned into orbit on July 24 to deliver a lab module to its Tiangong space station.
Two previous launches of the Long March 5B rocket had uncontrolled reentries, with debris landing near the west coast of Africa in 2020 and in the Indian Ocean in 2021."
"NASA administrator Bill Nelson on Saturday ripped China for not sharing “specific trajectory information,” according to ABC News.
“All spacefaring nations should follow established best practices, and do their part to share this type of information in advance to allow reliable predictions of potential debris impact risk, especially for heavy-lift vehicles, like the Long March 5B, which carry a significant risk of loss of life and property,” he said in a statement.
Quote:
“Doing so is critical to the responsible use of space
and to ensure the safety of people here on Earth.”
source: https://nypost.com/2022/07/30/debris...-indian-ocean/
the irresponsible uncontrolled return is being criticized around the world
Initially tweet referred to rocket as meteor, an error corrected in following tweet
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The UK SUN reported:
"CHINA'S chilling "war signal" has allegedly been heard in official circles as the country holds military drills near Taiwan.
The phrase “Don’t say we didn’t warn you” was issued before China’s last two war major wars and has now been invoked as it conducts military drills ahead of https://www.the-sun.com/who/nancy-pelosi/ proposed visit to Taiwan.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi - a vocal critic of China – is reportedly planning a visit to Taiwan, which Beijing regards as being part of its territory.
China is conducting live-fire exercises in waters near Pingtan Island of Fujian province, which is opposite the self-governing island of Taiwan.
Recent days have seen US warships scrambled to the South China Sea as tensions soar over the visit and fears it could lead to war.
The Institute of Taiwan Studies in Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the country’s highest-level think tank, discussed the visit, Global Times reports."
"It comes as prominent Chinese commentator said he deleted a tweet warning of military retaliation should jets escort Pelosi on any visit to Taiwan, after Twitter blocked his account.
Hu Xijin, firebrand former editor-in-chief of the Global Times, wrote: "Our fighter jets should deploy all obstructive tactics.
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“If those are still ineffective,
I think it is okay too to shoot down Pelosi's plane."
Pelosi was originally scheduled to travel to Taipei in April but pulled out at the last minute after testing positive for coronavirus.
She is forecast to attend the trip - the first by a major US politician to Taiwan for 25 years - next month, the Financial Times reported.
The 82-year-old refused to confirm whether she would be making the controversial visit, telling reporters on Wednesday: "I don't ever discuss my travel plans. It's a matter of security."
Pelosi speculated that the US military had fears that her plane would be shot down."
article source:
https://www.the-sun.com/news/5894591...ore-war-heard/
if you want to quicly identify the puppets who serve as mouthpieces for the enemies of humanity?
look to those who dutifully and obediently regurgetate the "Official Narravite" relentlessly, consistently and "right on cue" almost to the minute that MSM initiates their programming to the masses.
(btw .. this was an UNDENIABLE marker for the impostor Gracy May. i'd check the news? come on here? and right on cue .. she was regurgetating it ~ almost word for word... EVERY single time for over a year? .. i don't even believe in coincidences occurring twice ...)
in this case? the narrative on one end is:
this is intended to install fear and justify the war that WEF and those seeking to implement a ONE World Gov NEED in order to entrap humanity in their schemes
the other is:
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"Pelosi HAS to go! We CANNOT allow China
to dictate the actions of US politicians"
this is intended to appeal to the "National Pride" and ego of Americans
the dimwits, might have considered NEEDING there to actually BE a "National Pride" to appeal to
and how the deroding and maligning OF "National Pride" with:
- open borders
- shaming anything patriotic
- demoralizing its citizens
- and systematic weakening of our military
- as in its proper glory? there did not exist a force that could withstand it
could conceivably have significantly DECREASED said "National Pride"?
just an observation
:facepalm:
THIS is how their agenda gets programmed from BOTH ends ...
when you hear either? ... a sideway glance would not be inappropriate ...
now let's look at manipulation and propaganda (and "facesaving") on Chinese front
Breitbart reported:
"The state-run Global Times quoted the Chinese Defense Ministry vowing to take “strong measures” to “thwart any external interference” or “Taiwan independence separatist steps,” then warned the People’s Liberation Army stands ready to use all that advanced technology it stole from the Western world over the past few decades:
- Chinese analysts said the strong warnings from the Chinese military meant that the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is well prepared for all the possible challenges if Pelosi visits the island, and they advised the PLA Rocket Force to conduct drills with new missiles targeting any possible US aircraft carriers and other large military vessels that may be involved in Pelosi’s visit.
The “new missiles” might be the hypersonic weapons China tested in July 2021, to the apparent surprise of the Pentagon. China has also put a great deal of effort into developing “carrier killer” anti-ship ballistic missiles, as well as advanced anti-aircraft missiles, including the recently-upgraded HQ-9 system.
Approvingly quoting threats to use military force from its former editor Hu Xijin, the Global Times crowed that Pelosi might just give Beijing the excuse it needs to invade Taiwanese airspace:
- Hu Xijin, a commentator for the Global Times, said that he expected to see PLA’s aircraft flying together with Pelosi’s plane into the airspace of Taiwan island. That would set a great precedent for the PLA to patrol above the island, which would be far more meaningful than Pelosi’s visit.
- Sooner or later, the PLA’s aircrafts will enter the airspace above Taiwan in a legitimate and righteous move to manifest China’s sovereignty over the island. To do this, we need an opportunity which could prompt the international community to better understand the mainland’s move is natural rather than a provocation. Pelosi’s potential visit to the island will lead to major changes on the situation in the Taiwan Straits, and PLA’s strong reaction is in line with the expectation of the international community and the visit will offer PLA a good reason to send aircraft over the island, Hu said."
source:
https://www.breitbart.com/national-s...visits-taiwan/
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personally, i find the sudden posturing of antagonism towards China, by an administration and party that INTENTIONALLY left cracks in the HIGHEST levels of intel through Hillary's Blackberry TO China to be preposterous and rather incredulous to say the least
where the actions of politicians whose lifestyle far exceeds their salaries, including Governors and Brandon himself, have dutifully and consistently aligned with Chinese interests at the EXPENSE of the U.S. ?
where they have FORCED this country to swallow "Green Initiatives "of Electric Vehicles and measures and other policies that consistently further Chinese special interests while simultaneously having a disastrous impact on American economy to the point of impacting our way of life?
Not to mention that while WE struggle with exorbitant gas Prices? the senile one (who most likely only ACTS senile to escape death penalty still on books for treason) SENT China our oil
n’est-ce pas?
but NOW? we are to believe this adversarial posturing towards China?
is there ANY way we can communicate to:
- the senile one
- his goons
- those who pull this deplorable puppet's strings
- AND their number one tool ~ THE DECEITFUL MSM? (Main Stream Media)
that IF the communication is coming from THEM?
we do NOT believe it
NOT a single word
each day, more and more mainstream people are echoing this sentiment by the way ...
:shielddeflect:
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BREAKING: Bombshell Presentation Reveals Identities Of Maricopa County Elections Employees Who Deleted Files From Election Server BEFORE Maricopa County Audit
Gateway Pundit reports (here):
"We The People AZ Alliance hosted an election security forum in Maricopa County on Saturday, featuring testimony from expert witnesses and state legislators.
This informational hearing, moderated by investigative journalist Lara Logan, presented evidence of fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election and addressed the concerns in the 2022 elections.
The hearing also featured a bombshell testimony revealing exactly who in Maricopa County deleted subpoenaed 2020 Election files before delivery to Arizona Senate auditors. The County was clearly hiding something.
As we reported earlier, Lara dropped a bomb on stage, revealing that the Biden regime is now giving social security numbers to illegals at the border.
"Election investigator Matt Vanbibber also shared his discoveries from the Maricopa County Elections Department’s public footage. He finally revealed the identities of individuals who illegally deleted elections files from the Elections Management Server in April 2021.
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This data was deleted before the voting machines
were delivered to Senate auditors in compliance with a subpoena.
Federal law requires these files to be kept for 22 months.
Maricopa County officials previously admitted that these files were “deleted” in a Congressional hearing but later walked it back and said that the files were “archived.”
This was one of the many law violations discovered by the Arizona audit and other Maricopa County’s 2020 Election investigations.
The Gateway Pundit previously reported on footage of the individuals deleting the files, but their identities were redacted from the public to maintain confidentiality.
On Saturday, it was revealed by Vanbibber that Maricopa County election Database Administrator Brian Ramirez was granted unauthorized entry to the server room on multiple occasions, and he deleted the files."
Ramirez does not have the required credentials to access the server room. However, Vanbibber discovered that he falsely used the identities of individuals who were authorized access.
Vanbibber matched the server room entry logs to the video footage and found Brian Ramirez using others’ cards to access the room.
Quote:
Vanbibber: So basically, you have Brian entering the server room, and remember I told you he does not have badge access. We The People actually collected server room logs from Maricopa. So I went through all this video footage and matched it with the logs. What you see is Brian has Passarelli’s card in the server room, and he also has Charles Cooley’s badge as well.
Logan: So, Brian is accessing the server room using the identities and cards of other people.
Maricopa County policies also require two people in the server room whenever someone is using the keyboard video monitor, however, Brian was alone on multiple occasions."
Page 33 of Maricopa County’s rebuttal
In the photo below, Ramirez is alone in the server room, violating County elections policy. The Gateway Pundit previously reported on this violation by an unidentified individual.
Vanbibber then played the video of Brian Ramirez accessing the server room after he was let in by Assistant Elections Director Kristi Passarelli, at the same time that the server logs were deleted.
Ramirez was also alone in the server room again.
Quote:
Vanbibber: Here she is letting Brian into the server room at that time, and here he is getting on the console. And then you guys know the rest of the history
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HOW long will the Main Stream Media be allowed to blatantly defraud America?
Consider the cost to each one of us?
the ENTIRE country is paying (high food, gas, etc)
we're losing our borders, military, personal safety, freedom ..
irrespective of party lines?
we are ALL paying avery high price on a personal level
it is time to terminate this farce and to remember ...
we were fortunate to inherit the greatest country and way of living on the planet
our children deserve no less than what our forefathers left to us ..
:shielddeflect:
see the VIDEO PROOF of FRAUD for yourself (just one of many)
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Biden is on LIVE now addressing the Nation because of Reports of:
Al Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Killed by US Drone Strike in Afghanistan
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i will update shortly with more details
Gateway Pundit reported here:
"The AP and Politico are reporting that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed this weekend. al-Zawahiri was most likely the target of a U.S. drone stike in Kabul this past weekend.
Al-Zawahiri took over al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan in a U.S. raid in 2011."
article source:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/202...n-730-p-m-edt/
Biden just announced that he gave the order for the assasination.
the uncertainty in his own voice makes me question this ...
i will return with more details once they are released
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it would be so nice if these homicidal maniacs would truly go underground
or into space and allow those of us who love the earth, peace and freedom
TO live in peace and FREE of their contamination
:flower:
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About the Sleepy Joe, despite his apparent current level of frailty I would suggest not underestimating his part in the decisions coming out of his administration. I don’t think he will fade without a fight for his values, and he surely must know he is king of if the hill.
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Posted by
Johnnycomelately
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About the Sleepy Joe, despite his apparent current level of frailty I would suggest not underestimating his part in the decisions coming out of his administration. I don’t think he will fade without a fight for his values, and he surely must know he is king of if the hill.
i understand what you're saying ..
but here was my ORIGINAL commentary on the post
as it was my honest, gut reaction to what i witnessed:
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Biden just announced that he gave the order for the assassination.
the problem is his incoherency, tone, speech pattern, and overall confusion?
makes me doubt he truly understands the words he was given to read
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their significance or possible repercussions
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so, i highly doubt you gave any such order Brandon
i don't buy that he's "king of the hill"
anymore than i think that the whole "senility"?
isn't an intentional ploy being enacted for our benefit
ALL intended to bring about the decimation of this country
so the "bumbling baboon" paraded on world stage? serves:
- partly to humiliate us
- partly to set him up with a convenient "out" when SHTF
- partly to have a convenient patsy for the decidedly destructive impact on our country
- partly to have intentionally parlayed an aura of weakness to our enemies that will play into the plans they seem to think we will follow obediently and in full compliance
but actually making the decisions?
that man could barely read what he was instructed to read
so the question begs?
WHO is, in fact, the cowardly puppeteer hiding behind this deplorable traitor?
i'd guarantee my life there IS one
those of us wholly committed to TRUTH? ..
pick up the scent of deceit long before it is unmasked
AND ..
i don't seem to be alone in arriving at this conclusion:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-...8&h=410&crop=1
Biden Can Barely Read the Teleprompter as He Announces
Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri Killed by US Drone Strike
Gateway Pundit reported:
"Joe Biden on Monday evening announced al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan.
The AP and Politico are reporting that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed this weekend. al-Zawahiri was most likely the target of a U.S. drone stike in Kabul this past weekend.
Al-Zawahiri took over al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan in a U.S. raid in 2011.
Biden’s handlers trotted old Joe out on Monday evening amid his Covid isolation.
Joe Biden had to restart his Covid isolation this weekend after he tested positive for the China virus for the second time in a row.
Biden could barely read the teleprompter on Monday night.
Joe Biden claimed al-Zawahiri was killed on Saturday at his direction whilst he was hiding at the White House sick with Covid.
“On Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully concluded an air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri,” Biden said stammering.
“He carved a trail of murder and violence against American citizens, American service members, American diplomats and American interests,” said Biden.
article source:
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/202...e-kabul-video/
i think ... the gig is almost up
his polls are so low no amount of cover up by MSM can hide this
so now his Chinese benefactors (who paid and supported his taking of the office of president) want to protect their investment
and are attempting to prop his image for mid term elections as
Obama - Clinton - Biden - China have always been one and the same
ALL are cowards smart enough to realize that they are no match for America at its strength
NONE would dare face us in our FULL force, strength and power
like any weaker opponent they understand that would mean CERTAIN defeat
so they're only chance is to try to get us while we're down
Biden? serves that purpose with explicit precision
:facepalm:
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Pelosi has landed in Taiwan
China Vows to Launch ‘Targeted Military Actions’ as Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan
Gateway Pundit reported here
China Vows to Launch ‘Targeted Military Actions’ as Pelosi Arrives in Taiwan
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday landed in Taiwan.
People in Taiwan protested Pelosi’s visit.
Pelosi had to get the media off her back for her family’s illegal stock purchases — so she decided to fly to Taiwan.
China had issued multiple threats related to the trip, prompting Taiwan to call back soldiers that were on leave and begin preparing them for a potential war with the Chinese Communist Party.
“We would like to tell the United States once again that China is standing by, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army will never sit idly by, and China will take resolute responses and strong countermeasures to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said during a daily press briefing prior to her arrival, according to a report from CBS News."
"China’s military vowed to launch ‘targeted military actions’ in response to Pelosi’s Taiwan visit.
“The Chinese People’s Liberation Army is on high alert and will launch a series of targeted military operations to counter this, resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity, and resolutely thwart external interference and ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist attempts,” PLA spokesman Wu Qian said in a statement condemning the visit, according to Insider."
#WWIII trended on Twitter after Pelosi landed in Taiwan.
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so just a couple of hours ago began a deluge of tweets all warning of the possibility of nuclear annihilation
no joke ..
here are a few:
AND this article chiming in from a darling of MSM mouthpiece ~ the BBC
The world is one misstep from devastating nuclear war and in peril not seen since the Cold War, the UN Secretary General has warned.
"We have been extraordinarily lucky so far," Antonio Guterres said.
Amid rising global tensions, "humanity is just one misunderstanding, one miscalculation away from nuclear annihilation", he added.
His remarks came at the opening of a conference for countries signed up to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
The 1968 deal was introduced after the Cuban missile crisis, an event often portrayed as the closest the world ever came to nuclear war. The treaty was designed to stop the spread of nuclear weapons to more countries, and to pursue the ultimate goal of complete nuclear disarmament.
Almost every nation on Earth is signed up to the NPT, including the five biggest nuclear powers. But among the handful of states never to sign are four known or suspected to have nuclear weapons: India, Israel, North Korea and Pakistan.
Secretary General Guterres said the "luck" the world had enjoyed so far in avoiding a nuclear catastrophe may not last - and urged the world to renew a push towards eliminating all such weapons.
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"Luck is not a strategy.
Nor is it a shield from geopolitical tensions
boiling over into nuclear conflict," he said.
And he warned that those international tensions were "reaching new highs" - pointing specifically to the invasion of Ukraine, tensions on the Korean peninsula and in the Middle East as examples.
Russia was widely accused of escalating tensions when days after his invasion of Ukraine in February, President Vladimir Putin put Russia's substantial nuclear forces on high alert.
He also threatened anyone standing in Russia's way with consequences "you have never seen in your history". Russia's nuclear strategy includes the use of nuclear weapons if the state's existence is under threat.
On Monday, Mr Putin wrote to the same non-proliferation conference Mr Guterres opened, declaring that "there can be no winners in a nuclear war and it should never be unleashed".
But Russia still found itself criticised at the NPT conference.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken condemned what he called Russia's sabre-rattling - and pointed out that Ukraine had handed over its Soviet-era nuclear weapons in 1994, after receiving assurances of its future security from Russia and others.
"What message does this send to any country around the world that may think that it needs to have nuclear weapons - to protect, to defend, to deter aggression against its sovereignty and independence?" he asked. "The worst possible message".
Today, some 13,000 nuclear weapons are thought to remain in service in the arsenals of the nine nuclear-armed states - far lower than the estimated 60,000 stockpiled during the peak of the mid-1980s."
read full article and additional informative video here:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-62381...5Bpost+type%5D
it has been from the beginning of time that the people have been content to allow a few to make choices for the many
i sense that time NEEDS to end
we cannot continue our evolution in an upward trajectory while allowing the choices OTHERS make to continue to impact US
we have enough to do with being responsible for our own choices i think
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Pelosi at Taiwan parliament as China summons US ambassador
below the Summary will be the exact timeline of events to catch you up!
Summary
- Top US Democrat Nancy Pelosi is at Taiwan's parliament after arriving last night despite sharp warnings from China
- She will meet President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday morning, then fly out after lunch, Taiwan's official central news agency says
- The trip, which is not backed by President Biden, is the first by such a senior US official in 25 years
- China's foreign ministry has summoned the US ambassador to protest about the visit - saying Beijing will not stand idly by
- China's army will hold military exercises in areas around Taiwan from Thursday until Sunday, its state media says
- But the US says there is no need to turn the visit into a crisis, with Pentagon spokesman John Kirby emphasizing America supports the status quo
- Beijing sees self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be part of the country
"Posted at 20:4620:46
Where else is Pelosi going today?
The US House Speaker is at parliament in Taipei at the moment, where she's held a public meeting with the deputy speaker Tsai Chi-Chang.She's expected to meet with Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen, followed by a lunch.
She's also due to meet with several civil society and business figures. Various media are reporting that she will meet with three prominent pro-democracy and rights activists in Taipei's Human Rights Park.
US media reported she was also due to meet with Mark Liu, the chairman of Taiwan's biggest semiconductor manufacturer TSMC.
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20:33
China bans more Taiwanese products
A litany of Taiwanese goods and products are now being hit by China in response to Pelosi's visit.
This morning, China's Commerce Ministry has announced immediate bans on citrus fruit, two types of fish and sand imports from Taiwan.
Yesterday it also sanctioned other goods- including biscuits and confectionary.
Taiwan has a deep economic relationship with China, which takes close to 30% of its exports and is its biggest trading partner.
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Posted at 20:2220:22
Taiwan among 'freest societies in the world' - Pelosi
Pelosi has been speaking in the Taiwanese parliament - she said she wanted to increase parliamentary exchanges between the US and Taiwan.
She also described Taiwan as "one of the freest societies in the world".
She also said a US bill on computer chips - which will see big US investment in domestic semiconductor manufacturing and science research - was a good opportunity for more cooperation with Taiwan.
Pelosi was received by vice president of the parliament, Tsai Chi-Chang.
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Posted at 19:5819:58
BREAKING
Pelosi reaches Taiwan parliament
The US House Speaker has arrived at Taiwan's parliament, dressed in white.
She is expected to address lawmakers and has a meeting with President Tsai Ing-wen scheduled.
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19:45
Who recognizes Taiwan?
China regards Taiwan as a breakaway province which it has vowed to retake, by force if necessary.
But Taiwan's leaders say it is clearly much more than a province, arguing that it is a sovereign state.
It has its own constitution, democratically-elected leaders, and about 300,000 active troops in its armed forces. Chiang Kai-shek's Republic of China(ROC) government, which fled the mainland to Taiwan in 1949, at first claimed to represent the whole of China, which it intended to re-occupy.
It held China's seat on the United Nations Security Council and was recognised by many Western nations as the only Chinese government.
But in 1971, the UN switched diplomatic recognition to Beijing and the ROC government was forced out.
Since then the number of countries that recognize the ROC government diplomatically has fallen drastically to about 15.
Given the huge divide between these two positions, most other countries seem happy to accept the current ambiguity, whereby Taiwan has virtually all of the characteristics of an independent state, even if its legal status remains unclear.
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19:11
US will pay the price, warns China
More now on that diplomatic rebuke by China over Pelosi's visit.
During his talk with US ambassador Nicholas Burns, vice-foreign minister Xie Feng voiced "strong protests", according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
"The move is extremely egregious in nature and the consequences are extremely serious," he was quoted as saying.
He said the US would "pay the price for its own mistakes" and urged Washington to "immediately address its wrongdoings and take practical measures to undo the adverse effects caused by Pelosi's visit to Taiwan", Xinhua reported.
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Posted at 18:4518:45
'We're supporting trip' says Republican senator as Pelosi attracts bipartisan support
Republican Senator Dan Sullivan has become the latest of Nancy Pelosi's political opponents to support her trip to Taiwan.
"You do not want the Chinese Communist Party dictating to senior American leaders where they can and cannot travel," he told a news conference.
"My view - and I think the view of a number of senators - is that we should close ranks now and not let the Chinese Communist Party try to drive wedges between American elected officials or the White House on whether or not she should be there.
"She's there, we're supporting the trip and we're closing ranks behind her."
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Posted at 18:2218:22
China summons US ambassador
caption: Chinese vice-foreign minister Xie Feng said there would be grave consequences
China's foreign ministry has summoned the US ambassador to Beijing, Nicholas Burns, to protest against Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan.
The Chinese vice-foreign minister, Xie Feng, said the nature of Pelosi's visit was "vicious" and warned of grave consequences. He said China would not sit idly by.
Pelosi, who arrived in Taiwan late on Tuesday, is expected to hold meetings with the president and parliament. She said she wanted to honor America's "unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan's vibrant democracy".
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LIVE COVERAGE and UPDATES will continue and may be found here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/world-asia-62377353
as well as much background and data can be found in this thread:
Flirting with War (China vs Taiwan, and whatever might ensue)
