US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite a warning from China, as tensions between the two superpowers continue to soar. The prospect of Pelosi going to Taipei, which would be the highest-profile visit by an elected US official in 25 years, has triggered increasingly bellicose warnings from Beijing that have set the region on edge.

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