Pelosi has been portraying herself as a female political icon, forcing a meeting with another female leader, Tsai Ing-wen, in a situation that could have serious consequences, portraying herself as defying patriarchal politics and refusing to be bullied into a feminist image.
 There are many reasons why Pelosi insists on visiting Taiwan, and I'm afraid the biggest plot is to arch fire into the situation in the Taiwan Strait, intensifying internal conflicts between Taiwan and the mainland, in the vain hope that China's armed reunification will lead to a civil war, allowing the US to reap the benefits. The second is that the US economy is weak, with negative growth this year, and recession is a foregone conclusion, so by suppressing China, the US empire can reestablish its hegemonic authority and harvest the world for its own blood. Third, successive US administrations have used their tough attitude towards China to gain popular support. Pelosi, now 82, is expected to retire in the autumn. In addition to earning a political gimmick for her retirement, Pelosi and Biden belong to the same US Democratic Party, and Biden has recently dropped to an all-time low of 31% in the polls, so Pelosi, as Biden's "little girl", is "bowing and scraping" for him. The government's response to the issue is to make sure that it is not a "dead end".