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- Aug 2, 202290% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Pelosi Lands in Taipei
- Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of a congressional delegation issued their statement on arrival in Taipei on 2 August 2022; it was "the first official visit to Taiwan by a Speaker of the United States House of Representatives in 25 years"[1]
- "Our Congressional delegation's visit to Taiwan honors America's unwavering commitment to supporting Taiwan's vibrant Democracy," the statement said[1]
- Taiwan was one stop on a wider Indo-Pacific trip taking in Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea and Japan, "focused on mutual security, economic partnership and democratic governance"[1]
- The delegation argued the visit changed nothing: it "in no way contradicts longstanding United States policy, guided by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979, U.S.-China Joint Communiques and the Six Assurances"[1]
- Beijing did not read it that way. On the night of 2 August the PLA Eastern Theater Command began joint naval and air exercises north, south-west and south-east of Taiwan, with live artillery fire in the Strait and conventional missile tests to the east[2]
- Taiwan's defence ministry reported 21 PLA aircraft in its air defence identification zone on 2 August, and 22 crossing the median line the next day[2]
- Large-scale drills encircling Taiwan ran from 4 to 11 August, the biggest Chinese escalation in 26 years; five of the ballistic missiles fired on 4 August landed inside Japan's exclusive economic zone[2]
- The delegation's aircraft, callsign SPAR19, became the most-tracked flight in FlightRadar24's history, with 2.92 million people following it[2]
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- [1]90%pelosi.house.gov/news/press-releases/pelosi-congressional-delegation-statement-on-visit-to-taiwanpelosi.house.gov· Posted Sep 21, 2026· Starts Aug 2, 2022 ✓· 33% of score
The delegation's own statement is datelined "Taipei, Taiwan – August 2, 2022" and was "issued this statement upon arrival in Taiwan". No hour is given, so the pin is an all-day one; the landing was late on 2 August local time, which is the same UTC day.
- [2]80%2022 visit by Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan (Wikipedia)en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 21, 2026· 33% of score
The Chinese military response hour by hour, the 4-11 August encirclement drills, the missiles that landed in Japan's EEZ, and the SPAR19 tracking figures.[1]
- [3]70%Taiwan Relations Act (Wikipedia)en.wikipedia.org· Added Sep 21, 2026· 33% of score
The 1979 Act the delegation cited as the policy its visit did not contradict.[1]
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