Pelosi's Taiwan trip helped avoid setting wrong example: congressman

The recent trip to Taiwan by U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi was necessary to avoid setting a "new precedent" that Beijing has a say over such visits, a congressman who accompanied Pelosi to the self-ruled island has said.Countering China's argument that the visit was a provocation, House member Mark Takano told Kyodo News in a phone interview on Thursday, "If you accept that this was a provocation, you're accepting the premise that the Chinese had a right to object to the speaker or any member of Congress' intention to visit Taiwan."If the trip had been canceled after Ch…READ FULL ARTICLE