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Facing heightened military threats, we will not back down. We will continue to hold the line of defence for democracy. — Tsai Ing-wen, Taiwanese Prez Taipei, August 3 US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taiwan after a visit that heightened tensions with China, saying on Wednesday that she and other members of Congress in her delegation showed they will not abandon their commitment to the self-governing island. Pelosi, the first US Speaker to visit the island in more than 25 years, courted Beijing’s wrath with the visit and set off more than a week of debate over whether it was...