China fumes as Pelosi departs Taiwan

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (l) with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.
Nancy Pelosi has left Taiwan, telling President Tsai Ing-wen the US "will not abandon" the island. -AP

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has departed Taiwan after pledging solidarity and hailing its democracy, leaving a trail of Chinese anger over her brief visit to the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own.

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