Taiwan among 'freest societies in the world' - Pelosi

Pelosi has been speaking in the Taiwanese parliament - she said she wanted to increase parliamentary exchanges between the US and Taiwan.

She also described Taiwan as "one of the freest societies in the world", reports BBC.

She also said a US bill on computer chips - which will see big US investment in domestic semiconductor manufacturing and science research - was a good opportunity for more cooperation with Taiwan.

Pelosi was received by vice president of the parliament, Tsai Chi-Chang.