The Taiwanese government has been admirably restrained in its response to the unprecedented petulance of the Chinese Communist party as a result of the visit to Taipei by US Speaker Nancy Pelosi. While the CCP resorted to its usual wolf-warrior diplomacy and economic coercion, implementing previously planned military exercises and sending missiles over Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen responded with conviction and clarity saying:

This type of continued, deliberately heightened military threat, especially the dangerous launch of missiles into some of the busiest transportation corridors in the world, is irresponsible, both to Taiwan and to the entire international community.