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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 ...
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 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 ]
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.)
The United States established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China, and terminated them with the Republic of China, on January 1, 1979. The American Embassy at Taipei closed February 28, 1979, while the American Liaison Office at Beijing was redesignated the American Embassy on March 1, 1979.
Due to the ROC's insecurity and intolerance in the 1970s and 1980s after it was expelled by the UN as well as American influence, [30] the ROC gradually democratized and adopted universal suffrage, ending under the one-party leadership of President Chiang Ching-kuo by lifting 38 years of martial law on the Communist rebellion on mainland China ...
The State Department has reaffirmed the Six Assurances repeatedly. [6]On May 19, 2016, one day before Tsai Ing-wen assumed the Presidency of the Republic of China, U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and Bob Menendez (D-NJ), former chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and co-chair of the ...
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.