airplane which on Tuesday led U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan it became the most popular flight tracking site Flightradar24 in history.
“After landing in Taipei (flight), SPAR19 was watched by over 708,000 people worldwide, making it the most watched live flight in the history of Flightradar24,” the company said in a statement.
Controversial trip Pelosi strain relations USA With Chinawho thinks Taiwan rebellious province.
Pelosi is the highest-ranking US congresswoman to visit the country Taiwan since 1995.
After taking off in Kuala Lumpur, the military plane carrying it was already escorted by more than 200,000 people as it flew over Indonesia, and “the number increased as the aircraft approached.” Taiwan”, the site says.
This “unprecedented and ongoing interest in flying has taken a toll on Flightradar24’s infrastructure,” the service said in a statement. The number of visitors was such that “it was necessary to set up our waiting room, which limits the access time of non-subscribers,” he added.
China and Taiwan
As a first concrete answer giant Asia today banned the export of hundreds of Taiwanese food products and supports military deployments that include closing maritime areas to naval maneuvers at sea South China and in Bohai (north).
China claims sovereignty over the island and considers Taiwan a rebellious province since the Kuomintang Nationalists withdrew in 1949 after losing a civil war against the Communists.
Taiwan, with which the North American country does not maintain official relations, is one of the main reasons for the conflict between China and USA., mainly because Washington It is Taiwan’s main arms supplier and will become its biggest military ally in the event of a war with the Asian giant.
According to AFP and EFE
Source: RPP
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