Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is in Taiwan Tuesday in a move that both Russian and Chinese government officials have warned could heighten tensions across hemispheres. WWLP-22News talked to Gary Lefort, a retired associate professor of international business at American International College, “When a government like the United States makes a liaison visit to Taiwan, they feel that’s jeopardizing that international perception, that maybe Taiwan could be or should be an independent country of its own.”