Taiwan: Nancy Pelosi meets President Tsai to Beijing's fury

US Speaker Nancy Pelosi has met Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in a visit that has been strongly condemned by China.

Ms Pelosi, the most senior US politician in 25 years to visit Taiwan, said her delegation had come to make it "unequivocally clear" that the US would not "abandon" the island.

China had earlier said the US would "pay the price" for Ms Pelosi's visit.

Taiwan is self-ruled, but China sees it as a breakaway province that will eventually unite with it. read more