News Snapshot:
Top Hong Kong officials and politicians joined a chorus of condemnation against US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan on Tuesday night, with the city’s leader saying her move “wantonly tramples” on the one-China principle. In a statement issued about an hour after Pelosi landed in Taipei, Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu said her visit infringed upon China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and greatly threatened peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait. “The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government has unwavering determination in and a clear stance against any advocacy of ‘Taiwan independence’, and fully supports the central government’s...
