Pelosi's Taiwan trip should not be a cause for war

With restraint, Beijing, Washington and Taipei can contain political fallout

Minxin Pei

July 30, 2022 05:00 JST

Nancy Pelosi is unlikely to cancel her visit. © AP

Minxin Pei is professor of government at Claremont McKenna College and a nonresident senior fellow of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.

Tensions in the Taiwan Strait could reach a new high if China takes military action in the event U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi proceeds with a planned visit to Taipei.