# Why is Pelosi planning on visiting Taiwan?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 1, 2022, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-pelosi-planning-on-visiting-taiwan/968935 "2022-08-01T20:30:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 4, 2022, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-pelosi-planning-on-visiting-taiwan/968935/41 "2022-08-04T20:50:28Z")

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Apparently, as part of its protestations, China fired some of its missiles in Japanese waters:

> **[Chinese missiles suspected of landing in Japan’s economic zone](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/4/chinese-missiles-suspected-of-landing-in-japans-economic-zone)**
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> Five Chinese ballistic missiles appear to have splashed down southwest of Okinawa’s Hateruma Island in Japan’s EEZ.

I could see Japan taking this as an excuse to establish some tariffs or otherwise act to push back on Chinese overbearingness in the region.

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