By Sravasti Dasgupta and Johanna Chisholm China has strongly condemned first visit by a US House speaker since 1997, and even the White House has warned it might not be a good idea Source: Pelosi Taiwan visit – live: GOP offers rare praise of Speaker as China lashes out Category: China, Asia
By CNBC U.S. government debt prices traded higher Tuesday morning as investors awaited new jobs data and monitored U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Asia. At around 2:40 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note dropped to 2.5535% and the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond also fell to 2.8906%. Yields move inversely to prices. […]
Local media reports citing unnamed sources said Pelosi would go ahead with her visit to Taiwan, a self-ruled island that China sees as a runaway province. Source: China shares slide, Asia markets drop as geopolitical tensions rise over Pelosi visit