American top politician Nancy Pelosi has no regrets at all about her visit to Taiwan, which has fueled tensions with China. In her first interviews on American soil since her Asia trip, she says it was “worth it” and calls Chinese President Xi Jinping “a scared bully”.
According to Pelosi, who is the chairman of the US lower house, Xi has “his own insecurities” and is in a “vulnerable” position. For example, she says Xi has problems with his country’s economy and is focused on being re-elected.
Pelosi tells NBC, among others, that in response to her visit to Taiwan, Chinese are “doing what they usually do”, referring to the harassment practices. “We will not become accomplices to his isolation from Taiwan,” she said of Xi.
China sees the island, which has been effectively independent for a long time, as a renegade province. In Beijing, Pelosi’s visit last week was therefore seen as a provocation. After her departure, the Chinese army began large-scale military exercises in the region.