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Tensions triggered by US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit will continue to mount, but military conflict over the issue is unlikely, most regional observers believe. This comes as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi warned Washington not to “stir up a bigger crisis”, after the US announced it would take “further steps” by sending aircraft and warships to the waters near Taiwan in the coming weeks. Shi Yinhong, international relations professor at Renmin University of China, said strain in international relations is a natural result of strategic interactions , and the two nations are not close to engaging in combat....
