{"id":47013,"date":"2022-08-03T02:50:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T17:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/aug\/02\/nancy-pelosi-lands-in-taiwan-amid-soaring-tensions-with-china"},"modified":"2022-08-03T02:50:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T17:50:20","slug":"nancy-pelosi-arrives-in-taiwan-as-china-puts-military-on-high-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=47013","title":{"rendered":"Nancy Pelosi arrives in Taiwan as China puts military on high alert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People\u2019s Liberation Army announces targeted military operations as it calls visit a \u2018malicious provocation\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Nancy Pelosi has landed in Taiwan for a controversial visit to the self-ruled island, offering \u201cunwavering commitment\u201d to supporting its democracy as already heightened <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/aug\/02\/taiwan-and-china-step-up-military-rhetoric-as-expected-pelosi-visit-looms\">tensions with China escalate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Timed with her arrival, China\u2019s ministry of defence said the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) had been put on \u201chigh alert\u201d and announced a series of targeted military operations, including missile tests in the waters east of Taiwan and drills encircling the main island for four days after Pelosi leaves.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/aug\/02\/nancy-pelosi-lands-in-taiwan-amid-soaring-tensions-with-china\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People\u2019s Liberation Army announces targeted military operations as it calls visit a \u2018malicious provocation\u2019Nancy Pelosi has landed in Taiwan for a controversial visit to the self-ruled island, offering \u201cunwavering commitment\u201d to supporting its democrac&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2626,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,50,2185,74,45,47,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-china","category-nancy-pelosi","category-taiwan","category-us-foreign-policy","category-us-news","category-world-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47013","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2626"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47013"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47027,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47013\/revisions\/47027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}