Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taipei with out incident Tuesday evening, native time, and we will be thankful for that. However the larger check will come after the go to, and never solely primarily based on what China does in response.

As soon as information of her Taipei plans was (unhelpfully) leaked, and China reacted with threats, the Speaker was proper to observe by way of. Those that say this was the “flawed” time to go to can’t inform us when can be a “proper” time that Beijing would tolerate. The Biden Administration was additionally sensible to have navy belongings close by the island in case of hassle.