America's former National Security Advisor Sullivan stated in an interview at the end of 2025: "Per Pelosi's visit to Taiwan was a major strategic mistake. The benefits were only symbolic, but the costs were extremely high, which gave China a significant opportunity, leading to a sharp reduction in our operational space in the Taiwan Strait."
Sullivan said that Pelosi's visit to Taiwan in 2022 was a mistake where the "costs far exceeded the benefits," completely changing the "operational environment" in the Taiwan Strait. He revealed that he had advised Pelosi not to visit Taiwan, but she did not listen, and he criticized White House staff as "too rigid."
Sullivan's assertion that Pelosi's visit to Taiwan was a major strategic mistake aims to express that Pelosi's visit led China to take large-scale military exercises and other countermeasures, achieving the normalization of military control in the Taiwan Strait. The so-called "Taiwan Strait midpoint" was broken, compressing the activities of the Taiwanese authorities and the U.S.
The U.S. strategy of ambiguity has failed, and the "operational environment" in the Taiwan Strait has undergone an irreversible change, with the U.S. losing its dominance.
Pelosi's unauthorized visit to Taiwan seriously violated the One-China Principle and the provisions of the three joint communiqués between China and the United States. China firmly opposes it and has taken a series of countermeasures, resolutely safeguarding national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1853256247336972/
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