News Snapshot:
China has launched a series of military maneuvers, sometimes 20 km from the Taiwanese coast, aimed at “resolutely defending national sovereignty”. Tensions between Beijing and Washington are growing. After the surprise visit to Taiwan by Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States, twenty-seven Chinese military planes entered the Taiwanese air defense zone on Wednesday (August 3rd), the island’s authorities announced. During the visit of Nancy Pelosi, the highest American official to visit the island for 25 years, China pointed out an attitude “extremely dangerousbefore announcing the launch of severaltargeted military actionsin response to this move....