Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan Visit Sends Social Media Into Overdrive, People React With World War III Memes
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday, escalating a simmering conflict between the US and China over the democratic island.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday, escalating a simmering conflict between the US and China over the democratic island.
The first visit of a high-ranking US official to Taiwan since 1997 prompted China to undertake military drills around the democratic island.
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Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit prompts World War III memes
Beijing regards Taiwan as part of its territory and sees the visit of Pelosi as support for Taiwan's independence movement.
Just hours after Pelosi landed in Taipei, #WWIII began trending on Twitter.
Social media users started posting hilarious and witty memes using the hashtags #WWIII and #WW3. Here are some of the memes posted on Twitter by social media users.
I guess #WWIII on its way for #Taiwan pic.twitter.com/oomVltBmKF
¡ª ANKUSH (@anku5hdilraaj_) August 2, 2022
America & China, bring on the World war 3 ?#WWIII #UnitedStates #XiJinping #Taipei #XiJinping pic.twitter.com/eY0LpV3iNG
¡ª Kunal Sidam (@kunalmsidam) August 2, 2022
The situation right now:#Taiwan #WWIII #PelosiLanded #China pic.twitter.com/mbJNos9IDF
¡ª Zaman - ?????? (@Zaman4343) August 2, 2022
#WWIII Pelosi in #Taiwan to sell HIMARS and long range missiles.
¡ª UkraineNews (@Ukraine66251776) August 2, 2022
Blinken in #Kosovo to sell F-15 A -10 warthogs fighters jets tanks, guns Manpads pic.twitter.com/yhQ13FQc6m
Scenes:#WWIII #Taiwan #WW3 pic.twitter.com/vCGjnXsAKW
¡ª Saad (@Fallen_x_King) August 1, 2022
If World War III actually happens, behind the scenes #WWIII #Taiwan pic.twitter.com/vjHvZribto
¡ª Saad (@Fallen_x_King) August 2, 2022
#WWIII #Taiwan #Taipei #Pelosi
¡ª Hemant (@Sportscasmm) August 2, 2022
United Nations trying to stop World War 3: pic.twitter.com/P5YfsjVlMR
#Pelosi is very excited to launch #WWIII in #Taiwan pic.twitter.com/truUI9CbOT
¡ª John McLane (@PilluleRougeTL) July 30, 2022
Beijing has responded angrily to Pelosi's trip. The Chinese government announced on Wednesday morning it would ban imports of Taiwanese citrus fruit and two types of fish, and stop exporting natural sand to Taiwan, Nikkei Asia reported.
7,00,000 people tracked Nancy Pelosi's plane to Taiwan
Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan piqued the interest of people the world over. On Tuesday, the US Air Force¡¯s Boeing C-40C - SPAR19, which was carrying Nancy Pelosi to Taiwan, was tracked by more than 7,00,000 people online.
Flightradar24, a popular flight-tracking site, said its server was under heavy load on Tuesday morning because so many people were tracking Pelosi's flight.
"Because of unprecedented sustained tracking interest in SPAR19, Flightradar24 services are under extremely heavy load. Some users may currently experience issues accessing the site, our teams are working on restoring full functionality to all users as quickly as possible," Flightradar24 said on Twitter.
With 708,000 people tracking the aircraft upon landing in Taipei, SPAR19 is Flightradar24¡¯s most tracked live flight of all time. https://t.co/RifLnVzeMP pic.twitter.com/m2OBIV9RME
¡ª Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) August 2, 2022
At the time of the tweet, 345,000 people were tracking the flight. Later, when the plane entered Taiwan's airspace, Flightradar24 said 632,000 people were watching. At the time of publication, it was unclear how many people were watching the plane as it made its final descent.
Flightradar24 later said in a statement that SPAR19 was the "most tracked live flight" in the site's history by the time it landed, being watched by over 708,000 people.
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