China Surrounds The Island Nation & Suspends Its Food Supply; Will US Come To Taiwan's Rescue?

China-Taiwan Faceoff: As US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrapped up her controversial tour of Taiwan, emotions ran high in China. The overall public sentiment is that of anger and disappointment, while the discourse gaining ground is that China cannot back down. If it does, it will embolden the US side to further up the ante in the Taiwan Strait and in all probability, the US vice-president will be the next in line to visit the island, which China claims as its renegade province.