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Tensions rise between U.S., China after Pelosi's Taiwan trip

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's trip to Taiwan is one of the most controversial and perhaps consequential visits to Taiwan in decades. She has now left the self-governing island, but the fallout remains. Bonnie Glaser, director of the Asia program at the German Marshall Fund, and Yun Sun, director of the China program at the Stimson Center, join Nick Schifrin to discuss the trip and what comes next.

Tensions rise between U.S., China after Pelosi's Taiwan trip

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