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TAIPEI, Taiwan — On the top of Iris Hsueh’s list of concerns living in Taipei are COVID-19 restrictions, electricity prices and, if she’s being honest, the latest news on Taiwanese pop stars. Nowhere on that list is the proposed visit of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the potential Chinese backlash.

China held live-fire military drills in the Taiwan Strait on Saturday as U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi prepared to arrive in Asia.

China said it was conducting military exercises Saturday off its coast opposite Taiwan after warning Speaker Nancy Pelosi of the US House of Representatives to scrap possible plans to visit the island democracy, which Beijing claims as part of its territory. The ruling Communist Party’s military wing, the People’s Liberation…

China's government says it is conducting military exercises off its coast opposite Taiwan

The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on certain semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass shootings ripping through communities nationwide.

The high-powered firearms are now widely blamed as the weapon of choice among young men responsible for many of the most devastating mass shootings. Restrictions on the manufacture and sale of the weapons had passed in 1994, but were allowed to expire a decade later,

Speaker Nancy Pelosi helped to push the ban into action saying an earlier ban "saved lives"

Moderate Democrats hoped to have a vote after they return from recess

It's the first House vote on an assault weapons ban in nearly three decades.