Just so it's clear: Pelosi is Constitutionally 2nd in line to POTUS, so this is a state visit from the standpoint of diplomatic protocol. That, as a former US UN ambassador told me, is a clear violation of the '72 Shanghai Communique. That's why China will respond.
Senior Advisor, Policy Planning Staff of the US State Department. Former Deputy Editor of Asia Times and head of debt research at Bank of America.
Washington, DC
Joined March 2011

