On Saturday, July 30, former chief editor of the Global Times, Hu Xijin, tweeted a suggestion to the Chinese government to shoot down Nancy Pelosi’s aircraft if she attempts to visit Taiwan. The ex-chief editor of the state-owned daily tabloid newspaper ( which operates under the Chinese Communist Party’s purview) further claimed that the U.S. Speaker of the House’s visit to Taiwan would be an act of ‘invasion.’ In the tweet, which he has since deleted, Hu wrote: “If U.S. fighter jets escort Pelosi’s plane into Taiwan, it is invasion…The PLA (People’s Liberation Army) has the right to forcibly dispel...