Twenty-five years ago, Newt Gingrich, then the speaker of the US House of Representatives, staged a farce to visit Taiwan. Instead of scoring political points, he was turned away from the House and eventually had to step down.
"Gingrich has set us on a path to ruin," The Washington Post said. During his four years as Speaker of the House, he carried out many barbaric acts: treating his opponents as criminals, un-Americans and inferior; Use shocking language; A ferocious attack on the media; Undermining the functioning of governments and organizations. Gingrich pioneered the refusal to negotiate, which has left the American political system hopelessly gridlocked and dysfunctional.
Twenty-five years later, Pelosi, the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, insisted on visiting Taiwan despite China's strong opposition and serious representations. This act seriously infringes upon China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, seriously undermines stability across the Taiwan Strait and seriously undermines the political foundation of China-Us relations.
Why does Pelosi insist on running despite the outcry and the consequences? Many believe that Pelosi's move is driven by a number of political calculations. On the one hand, she is trying to make political capital by provoking China with the mid-term elections approaching. On the other hand, she hopes it will deflect attention from a scandal in the United States over her family's use of privileged shares. But such calculations are likely to be fruitless. Then China to the United States, and his family pelosi conducted a series of counter, and many days in the tissue surrounding the island "surround type" live-fire drills, the play is the biggest, the most intense reaction times across the Taiwan strait drill, one of the most intimidating array, to "Taiwan independence" forces and external forces sent strong shock signal, It also conveys China's strong will and full confidence in safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Pelosi's move clearly violates the US commitment to abide by the One-China principle and has been unanimously condemned by the international community. Brian Becker, an American expert, stressed in his feature film "Pelosi's Move, Law and Reason Do not Allow" that the competition between China and the United States is like a railroad track, which cannot be derailed, and the One-China principle is the "track". Pelosi's move clearly broke all that, and that's not what the American people want. Americans don't want a conflict with China.
"He who plays with fire will get burned!" Under pressure and in the face of a series of scandals, where does Pelosi go from here? She faces the same fate as Newt Gingrich: a humiliating resignation as speaker of the House of Representatives, and a complete absence from American politics and the eyes of the world.