"
Pelosi has not yet announced a visit to Taiwan
and it's up to you to decide
."
National Security Council spokesman
John Kirby
said this in a press briefing.
"Nothing has changed in US policy" towards Taiwan.
"We do not support its independence," he reiterated.
"Pelosi
has the right to go to Taiwan
", Kirby continued, stressing that China knows that in the United States "there is a separation of powers and the Chamber is an independent branch".
Beijing
, the spokesman for the National Security Council stressed, "
should not create a crisis
"on that." There have been congressional speakers and representatives who have visited Taiwan in the past, "he said.
The
US aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan
and its strike group, meanwhile, are located
near Taiwan
in the Philippine Sea, east of the Bashi Channel, as part of a repositioning of US military assets.
The Liberty Times of Taipei cites in this regard the monitoring of the US naval units of the semi-official Chinese network SCSPI (South China Sea Probing Initiative) a few hours after the possible stop on the island of the
US speaker
Nancy Pelosi
.
According to the route followed, the aircraft carrier is in a position to 'cover' the visit.
The strike group, which departed from Singapore on 26 July, includes in normal situations one to two nuclear submarines.
Meanwhile, on the Chinese front, the
Shandong aircraft carrier
, the second commissioned by China, would be located in Hainan, where it arrived about ten days ago.
On the fortified island in the South China Sea, on the other hand, various fighter jets have been deployed, while naval units have been registered mainly to follow the Reagan attack group.
Finally, the Taiwan Ministry of Defense marked the
incursion of four Chinese J-16 fighters
into its island defense airborne identification space in the evening.
Although far from the records of the past few months, the blitz represents the signal of Beijing's willingness not to want to ease the
pressure on Taiwan
, an island considered as an "inalienable" part of its territory, to be reunified by force, if necessary.
The purpose of Nancy Pelosi's trip
- who landed in
Singapore
on Monday 1 August - is "to reaffirm the unwavering commitment of the United States to allies and friends in the Indo-Pacific".
Peace, security, economic growth, international trade, climate change and human rights will be the topics of discussion during the visits.
"A free and prosperous Indo-Pacific will benefit not only the United States but also the whole world," said the speaker of the US House.
China
, however, assures that its armed forces will not "stand by" in the event of a visit to Taiwan by the president of the US House
.
"We would like
to warn the US again
that China is waiting and that the People's Liberation Army will not stand by," said Foreign Ministry spokesman
Zhao Lijian
, assuring that "China will certainly take
decisive and strong countermeasures in defense. of territorial sovereignty
and integrity ".
The US should respect the principle of
One China
, the three Sino-American communiques, and keep President Biden's promise not to support Taiwan's independence.