Russia and China grow closer following Pelosi’s Taiwan visit�
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Experts argue House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's controversial trip to Taiwan has maintained America's top spot as the leading world power, despite criticism it could risk military collision.
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The visit so roiled Beijing that it has apparently led to practically shore-lapping military exercises that will encircle the island nation this week. Given Ukraine is often seen as a litmus test for China regarding its designs on Taiwan, how does this play into the bigger geopolitical picture and specifically the escalating tensions between the United States and a Russia essentially being backed by China?
The answer is—it does not, according to Dmitri Trenin, who served in the Soviet and Russian armies and reached the rank of colonel before going on to become a military and political analyst. Russia and the U.S., he says, are waging an indirect war in Ukraine. Trenin told Fox News, "But, it (the Pelosi visit) may make the Chinese drop their lingering illusions concerning doing business with the United States. That would be good for Russia."
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