{"id":1583775,"date":"2022-08-02T03:50:31","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T07:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583775"},"modified":"2022-08-02T03:50:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T07:50:43","slug":"china-takes-measures-to-intimidate-taiwan-ahead-of-prospective-pelosi-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-takes-measures-to-intimidate-taiwan-ahead-of-prospective-pelosi-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"China Takes Measures to Intimidate Taiwan Ahead of Prospective Pelosi Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-takes-measures-to-intimidate-taiwan-ahead-of-prospective-pelosi-visit%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1583775&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>TAIPEI, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-taiwan\">Taiwan<\/a>\u2014With uncertainty over whether House Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-nancy-pelosi\">Nancy Pelosi<\/a> will visit Taiwan during her Asia trip, the Chinese communist regime has decided to intimidate the self-ruled island both militarily and economically.<\/p>\n<p>Local media in Taiwan reported on Aug. 2 that Chinese customs officials announced a temporary ban on food imports from more than 100 Taiwanese companies overnight. Among those facing the ban are companies in the snack food and agricultural industries.<\/p>\n<p>Wu Shou-mei, director-general of Taiwan\u2019s Food and Drug Administration, told reporters on Tuesday that she couldn\u2019t rule out \u201cpolitical reasons\u201d as factors going into Beijing\u2019s decision to impose the ban.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will not be intimidated by PRC\u2019s [People\u2019s Republic of China] weaponization of trade,\u201d Taiwan\u2019s ruling party lawmaker Wang Ting-yu <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MPWangTingyu\/status\/1554301270256922624\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter in response to the Chinese ban.<\/p>\n<p>Chen Kuan-ting, CEO of Taiwan\u2019s think tank NextGen Foundation, said China is using the ban to serve its political motivation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina\u2019s response of stopping certain food and agricultural imports in wake of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi\u2019s potential visit to Taiwan is clearly an underhand move attempting to punish Taiwan for actions of the U.S.,\u201d Chen <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kuantingvision\/status\/1554317074226618368\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina continues to use economic manipulation techniques to attempt to coherce [sic] Taiwan\u2019s political relationships and behavior,\u201d Chen continued. \u201cThis reflects China\u2019s heavy-handed approach to try and unilaterally dictate the China-Taiwan relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/08\/01\/pelosi-in-singapore-1200x800.jpg\"><\/a> U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) leaves the Shangri-La Hotel after a reception organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Singapore on Aug. 1, 2022. (Roslan Rahman\/AFP via Getty Images) <\/p>\n<p>Pelosi <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HasimiM\/status\/1554296843042885632\">arrived<\/a> in Malaysia on the morning of Aug. 2, the second stop of her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pelosi-reveals-trip-to-asia-but-makes-no-mention-of-taiwan_4633429.html\">Asia trip<\/a> following a visit to Singapore. While in Singapore, she <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/pelosi-lands-in-singapore-meets-top-officials-at-start-of-asia-trip_4635018.html\">met<\/a> with President Halimah Yacob, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan.<\/p>\n<p>China has reacted angrily<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TAIPEI, Taiwan\u2014With uncertainty over whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will visit Taiwan during her Asia trip, the Chinese communist regime has decided to intimidate the self-ruled island both militarily and economically. 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