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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 ...
Year Appointed Administration Government Tsai Ing-wen: President of the Republic of China: 2016: Herself Annette Lu: Vice President of the Republic of China: 2000: Chen Shui-bian: Chang Po-ya: President of the Control Yuan: 2014: Ma Ying-jeou: Chen Chu: President of the Control Yuan: 2020: Tsai Ing-wen: Minister of Culture Lung Ying-tai ...
Taiwanese immigrant men in 1999 earned an average annual income of $60,367 (equivalent to $113,945 in 2024), the highest of any foreign-born men in the U.S. at the time, and Taiwanese immigrant women earned $40,276 (equivalent to $76,022 in 2024) per year, roughly $10,000 more than the average for other foreign-born U.S. women at the time.
Taiwan Allies International Protection and Enhancement Initiative Act; Taiwan Council for U.S. Affairs; Taiwan Relations Act; Taiwan Relations Act Affirmation and Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2014; Taiwan Security Enhancement Act; Taiwan Travel Act; Transit diplomacy; Trump–Tsai call; Twin Oaks (Washington, D.C.)
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society, Materials Research Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, and Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. Andrew Chi-Chih Yao , winner of the Turing Award ; prominent computer scientist and computational theorist
Originally named the Coordination Council for North American Affairs (CCNAA), [2] it was established on March 1, 1979. Following the termination of diplomatic relations between the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the United States on January 1, 1979, the U.S. established the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) [3] in accordance with the Taiwan Relations Act.
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).
Country Formal Relations Began Notes People's Republic of China 1844 [1]1979 (PRC) See China–United States relations and China–United States trade war. American relations with the People's Republic of China cycled from very hostile (1949–1970), friendly with growing trade (1970–2015), and hostile again (2016–present).