Taiwan: Pelosi leaves Taipei to sound of Chinese fury

In a statement issued on Wednesday, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said "those who play with fire will not come to a good end, and those who offend China will be punished".

"The United States is violating China's sovereignty under the guise of so-called democracy," he added.

The US walks a diplomatic tightrope with its Taiwan policy.

On the one hand, it abides by the "One China" policy, which recognises only one Chinese government, giving it formal ties with Beijing and not Taiwan. read more