How US-China brawl over Taiwan could hurt East Africa
US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen at the presidential office in Taipei, Taiwan, on August 3, 2022. PHOTO | AFP
Taiwan may be 10,000km from East Africa, but whatever happens there could still hurt you. This is why a brawl between China and the US over Washington’s dalliance with Taipei could bring the region new worries.
It all began on Tuesday after US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi defied warnings from Beijing and landed in a military aircraft in Taipei. Pelosi told reporters she and her delegation were coming “in friendship to Taiwan, we come in peace to the region”. But this was the highest US official to arrive on the island for an official visit in more than 20 years.
