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How about that other question: Why is Taiwan so important to us? Some say weapons sales. In fact since 2010, the U.S. has announced more than $23 billion in arms sales to Taiwan.
After the United States established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1979 and recognized Beijing as the only legal government of China, Taiwan–United States relations became unofficial and informal following terms of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), which allows the United States to have relations with the Taiwanese people and their government, whose name is ...
TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. officials had an unmistakable message for China this week: We stand with Taiwan. Why Taiwan is a major flashpoint in the rapidly deteriorating U.S.-Chinese relations Skip ...
In 1979, the United States severed official relations with the government in Taipei and instead recognised the government in Beijing. The defence treaty was terminated too.
The UK government's position that "the future of Taiwan be decided peacefully by the peoples of both sides of the Strait" has been stated several times. Despite the PRC's claim that the United States opposes Taiwanese independence, the United States takes advantage of the subtle difference between "oppose" and "does not support".
Defending far-off Taiwan and our allies seems to many like yet another foolish military misadventure for our country. But it is not. Why Protecting Taiwan Really Matters to the U.S.
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 ...
"Taiwan may well play a role in the growing Sino-American rivalry similar to Europe's during the Soviet-American Cold War." Why Taiwan Will Be at the Center of the China-US Rivalry Skip to main ...