House Speaker Nancy Pelosi touched down in Taiwan on Tuesday, capping weeks of intense speculation surrounding her expected stopover despite blunt warnings from Beijing against the trip.
Mrs. Pelosi, who is leading a delegation of five other House Democrats through Asia, arrived in Taipei shortly before 11 p.m. local time. She is the highest U.S. official to visit the self-governing island just over 100 miles off mainland China since Speaker Newt Gingrich, a Republican, made the visit more than two decades ago.
The California Democrat is expected to meet with Taiwanese government offices and others in Taipei on Wednesday, according to several media outlets and people familiar with Mrs.