On 31 July, US Speaker of the House Pelosi officially announced her trip to Asia. She announced on Twitter that she would lead a delegation of lawmakers to high-level meetings in Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Malaysia. He did not mention his visit to Taiwan, which is the focus of the trip.

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A carrier strike group led by the US aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan entered the South China Sea. The US Navy's Seventh Fleet explained that it was originally a planned exercise.
Commander Haley Sims, spokesperson for the US Navy's 7th Fleet based in Japan, responded to a Bloomberg News query by saying that "Ronald Reagan and the strike group are now navigating the South China Sea after a successful port call in Singapore. He added that they were "continuing their normal and scheduled exercises as part of their patrols in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific."
According to a US Navy release, Ronald Reagan departed Changi Naval Base, Singapore, on 26 June after a five-day port call.

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On 30 August, nine KC135 aerial refuelling aircraft belonging to Air Force bases in the US flew in to Kadena Air Base in the US one after another. In addition, two C2A Greyhounds, a carrier-based transport aircraft, and one MH60 helicopter, a US Navy aircraft on board the USS Tripoli assault landing ship, which entered the USS White Beach, also flew in.

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