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The Nationalists were defeated by the Communists in the Chinese Civil War. [33]: 125 The ROC government retreated to Taiwan.[33]: 125 In August 1949, the United States suspended the ROC's involvement in the Fulbright Program because the fleeing government was no longer able to make payments on the surplus war material it had purchased from the United States after the end of World War II.
Following the termination of diplomatic relations between the Republic of China and the United States on January 1, 1979, the U.S. established the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) [4] in accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act. In response, the Executive Yuan set up the Coordination Council for North American Affairs as its counterpart ...
Taiwanese people of American descent (2 C, 9 P) Pages in category "Taiwan–United States relations" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
While Taiwan felt its international space shrinking, relations with the US saw major breakthroughs, including a phone call between Trump and Tsai, the passage of the Taiwan Travel Act, and cabinet-level meetings between the two countries. In order to disincentivize remaining countries to switch recognition away from Taiwan, and to allow the ...
The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA; Pub. L. 96–8, H.R. 2479, 93 Stat. 14, enacted April 10, 1979) is an act of the United States Congress.Since the formal recognition of the People's Republic of China, the Act has defined the officially substantial but non-diplomatic relations between the United States of America and Taiwan (Republic of China).
The United States House of Representatives passed a concurrent resolution on May 16, 2016, giving the first formal wording for the Six Assurances by more or less directly adopting how the former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs John H. Holdridge expressed them in 1982 (which was delivered to Taiwan's President Chiang Ching-kuo by then-Director of the American ...
The American Institute in Taiwan [3] (AIT; Chinese: 美國 在 台 協會; pinyin: Měiguó Zài Tái Xiéhuì) is the de facto embassy of the United States of America in Taiwan. AIT is a wholly owned subsidiary of the federal government of the United States in Taiwan with Congressional oversight . [ 4 ]
Shortly after the United States recognized the People's Republic of China, the U.S. Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act. Some of the treaty's content survives in the Act; for example, the definition of "Taiwan". However, it falls short of promising Taiwan direct military assistance in case of an invasion. [5]