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Officials say they have no reliable intelligence on what the Chinese government may be planning. But they expect that the largest reaction could come after Ms. Pelosi departs, and that it could include military maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait, cyberattacks or communications cutoffs that would demonstrate Beijing’s ability to choke off the island, which is also the world’s — and China’s — largest supplier of the most advanced semiconductors in the world.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/31/world...china.html