{"id":868,"date":"2022-08-09T12:39:04","date_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/?p=868"},"modified":"2022-08-09T12:39:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-09T12:39:04","slug":"xinhua-commentary-pelosis-evil-intentions-behind-toxic-taiwan-stunt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/2022\/08\/09\/xinhua-commentary-pelosis-evil-intentions-behind-toxic-taiwan-stunt\/","title":{"rendered":"Xinhua Commentary: Pelosi&#8217;s evil intentions behind toxic Taiwan stunt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) &#8212; U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited China&#8217;s Taiwan region earlier this week despite Beijing&#8217;s strong opposition and stern representations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Out of her self-interests, Pelosi staged such a pure political stunt. Insisting on going to the island, she apparently does not care about harming China-U.S. ties, or putting peace across the Taiwan Strait on the line.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This unscrupulous farce has only laid bare in front of the international community the nature of Washington politicians: a bunch of egoists, opportunists and hypocrites, who prioritized their own political calculations ahead of and above everything else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is certainly not that Pelosi was not clearly aware of the fallout ahead. She just wanted to make global headlines. She has no regard for Washington&#8217;s promises or due responsibilities in global affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sneaky visit has already stirred sharp criticism both inside the United States and around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For sober minds worldwide, the move is merely a political gamble for the scandal-ridden Pelosi herself, and for the Democratic Party, whose outlook in the coming midterm elections does not augur well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The China Times, a Taiwan-based Chinese-language daily, commented recently that Pelosi is using Taiwan as a bargaining chip for the Democratic Party&#8217;s midterm race, which is &#8220;not only immoral, but also likely to generate terrible war risks.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The intention of directly roasting Taiwan on the stove regardless of Taiwan&#8217;s interests is really sinister,&#8221; it argued.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. media have analyzed that with a visit to China&#8217;s Taiwan region, Pelosi intends to turn the tables for Democrats and deflect popular attention from the scandal of her family. Her husband Paul Pelosi has recently come under fire for a stock insider trading scandal and involvement in a drunk driving accident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An experienced opportunist, Pelosi is clear-eyed about an anti-China countercurrent surging in U.S. politics. She knows all too well how she can cash in on China-bashing or CPC-bashing for political gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pelosi&#8217;s provocative visit capped her three decades as a veteran China hawk, who has been at the forefront of Washington&#8217;s anti-China campaigns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2008, she urged then U.S. President George W. Bush to boycott the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. In 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a so-called bill on Tibet-related issues, a gross interference in China&#8217;s internal affairs. In 2021, she picked up the same old trick again by boycotting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During her sneaky visit to Taiwan this time, she rehashed the unfounded &#8220;human rights&#8221; and &#8220;democracy&#8221; charges against Beijing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the third highest-ranking U.S. government official, Pelosi has been bent on finding fault with other countries while turning a blind eye to the backsliding democracy and deteriorating human rights conditions back in her own country. What a ruthless hypocrite!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within its borders, the United States has been plagued by ever rampant and bloody gun violence, a botched COVID-19 response leading to the death of more than 1 million Americans and deeply entrenched racism that can arbitrarily take away the lives of people like George Floyd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Beyond, bloody wars and conflicts pushed by Washington have wreaked appalling havoc on Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan, among other regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The world will not forget how back in 2019, she thumbed up to the disruptive, violent activities in Hong Kong as &#8220;a beautiful sight to behold,&#8221; seeking to whitewash the illegal demonstrations and cheer up the anti-China rioters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, many in Taiwan are well aware of her hypocrisy and evil intentions. The local United Daily News reported that a recent poll showed 63 percent of Taiwan netizens clearly did not welcome her to the island.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout her conscienceless political career, Pelosi believes nothing but political showmanship. In her eyes, politics is just a business. Although Washington does not lack such politicians, she is so much more prominent for being an egoist, opportunist and hypocrite at the same time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While she was betting on her visit to Taiwan as a highlight moment of her political career, the world has already seen through the preposterous stunt as well as the true and ugly face of her and her like.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, Aug. 7 (Xinhua) &#8212; U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited China&#8217;s Taiwan&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kenyatopstories.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}