Chinese commentator deletes Pelosi tweet 

A prominent Chinese commentator said on Saturday he deleted a tweet warning of military retaliation should U.S. fighter jets escort House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on any visit to Taiwan, after Twitter blocked his account.

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Pelosi, number three in the U.S. line of presidential succession, after Joe Biden

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Vice President Kamala Harris, signalled on Friday she was embarking on a trip to Asia.

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She did not mention Taiwan, but speculation of her visiting the democratically ruled island, claimed by Beijing

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Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Biden in a phone call on Thursday that Washington should abide by the one-China principle

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Hu, former editor-in-chief of state tabloid Global Times, wrote on China's microblog Weibo

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