Washington Correspondent

Possibility of visiting Nancy Pelosi of Taiwan It threatens to trigger a major diplomatic crisis between China and the United States. The Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives arrived in Singapore on Monday with a delegation of US elected officials for a four-day tour of Asia. She should go to Malaysia, then South Korea and Japan. Her stopover in Taiwan has not been officially confirmed or denied, but Pelosi has cautioned against giving details of her trip for security reasons.

Several sources in Taipei and Washington say the high-risk visit will take place and the House speaker is expected to arrive on the island by Tuesday evening. The absence of a negation may be a clear affirmation.

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