Pelosi lands in Malaysia as China rages over Taiwan

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 02, 2022 1:20 pm

KUALA LUMPUR: US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday, Malaysian state media reported, her second stop in an Asian tour that has sparked rage in Beijing over a possible stop in Taiwan.

Beijing views Taiwan as its territory and has indicated through repeated warnings that it would view the visit as a major provocation.

This handout photo taken and released by Malaysia's Department of Information on August 2, 2022, shows Malaysia's Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, Azhar Azizan Harun (right), shaking hands with Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi (left), at the Parliament House in Kuala Lumpur. AFP PHOTO / MALAYSIA'S DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION / NAZRI RAPAAI

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