When U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan in August, many critics offered different opinions on what it meant for the Asia-Pacific region.
For a full picture, however, the visit should really be assessed from multiple perspectives, including the ripple effects to regional security in the medium term to long term.
Critics of the visit claim that Pelosi’s trip gave the People’s Liberation Army an excuse to increase its constant presence in the Taiwan Strait from a security standpoint.