A provocative visit, looming bill rises fuel anger and a life lesson

Relations between Beijing and Washington tumbled to a new low last week when US House speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan. The decision to include Taipei in her trip to the wider region, termed “reckless” by her critics at home and a “provocation” by China, had immediate repercussions. We look at China’s military response, analyse her motivation for the trip and explore whether targets on lowering greenhouse gas emissions can survive when the world’s biggest economic powerhouses, and biggest emitters of CO2, are at loggerheads.