Pelosi: China cannot isolate Taiwan by preventing visits

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Associated Press

TOKYO (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says China will not be able to isolate Taiwan by preventing U.S. officials from traveling there. She made the remarks in Tokyo on the final leg of an Asia tour highlighted by a visit to Taiwan that infuriated China. Beijing has launched military exercises including missile training aimed at Taiwan and cut off dialogue with the United States on a range of issues in response to Pelosi’s visit, the first by a House speaker to Taiwan in 25 years. Pelosi says China launched the “strikes probably using our visit as an excuse.”