From Singapore to Malaysia to Taiwan to South Korea to Japan: Nancy Pelosi's whirlwind Asia-pacific tour

This handout picture taken and released by Singapore's Ministry of Communications and Information on August 1, 2022, shows Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (R) shaking hands with Nancy Pelosi at the Istana Presidential Palace in Singapore during a visit to the Asia-Pacific region.

Nancy Pelosi can be seen waving as she leaves the Parliament House after a meeting with Malaysian officials in Kuala Lumpur. Pelosi arrived in Kuala Lumpur for her second stop in the Asia-Pacific tour.

Reportedly, Pelosi extended an appreciation for Malaysia’s vote at the United Nations on Russia’s aggression and their leadership in ASEAN on repudiating Burma for its deadly crackdown on dissent.

A US military aircraft with US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on board prepares to land at Songshan Airport in Taipei on August 2, 2022. Pelosi landed in Taiwan, defying days of increasingly stark warnings from China that have sent tensions between the world's two superpowers soaring.

Flight radar data showed during the seven-hour flight from Kuala Lumpur to Taipei a total of 2.92 million people followed at least a portion of the flight.

Pelosi landed in Taipei, escorted by the Taiwanese jets. Immediately after the landing, she took to Twitter and stated that US was not contradicting any longstanding policy. She further stated, "Our visit reiterates that America stands with Taiwan: a robust, vibrant democracy and our important partner in the Indo-Pacific."

This handout taken and released by Taiwan's Presidential Office on August 3, 2022, shows US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) standing with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen at the Presidential Office in Taipei. 

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (R) talks with South Korean National Assembly speaker Kim Jin-pyo (L) during their meeting at the National Assembly in Seoul on August 4, 2022. The two sides held talks on regional security, economic cooperation and climate issues.

This was Pelosi posing with South Korean National Assembly speaker Kim Jin-pyo before their meeting at the National Assembly. Here they can be seen fist bumping each other which attracted a lot of media attention. South Korea is a key US ally as there are about 28,500 American troops deployed in the country. 

US Representative House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (6th L-in blue) is welcomed upon her arrival at Yokota Air Base in Fussa. The visit is Pelosi's first trip to Japan since 2015, and she arrived from South Korea where her schedule included a visit to the border with nuclear-armed North Korea.