Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is erasing the guidelines that have restricted U.S. government contact with Taiwanese officials in the latest American repudiation of China’s claims to sovereignty over the island.
Taipei, Jan. 10 (CNA) Two Taiwanese scholars said Sunday that the incoming administration of United States President-elect Joe Biden is unlikely to revoke the current U.S. administration's decision Saturday to lift restrictions on contact between American and Taiwanese officials.
Infographic: China’s 2020 Election Interference
How the Chinese Communist Party sought to interfere with the US presidential election
For the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the 2020 presidential election in the United States was always a life and death struggle.
For the first time in decades, a U.S. administration had confronted the CCP’s subversion and infiltration of the United States, curtailing its expanding global influence.
The CCP made clear through its state-run media that it favored a presidency under Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden, because he would be “smoother” to deal with than President Donald Trump.
Beijing interfered in the 2020 election in multiple ways, and the regime was able to do this because it has, for decades, studied our society and form of government. It has systematically exploited all weaknesses in our system.
The Inconvenient Truth about Taiwan’s Place in the World
Beijing is not in fact looking for excuses or an opportunity to attack its neighbor, Taipei: it is looking for reasons not to do so.
Tensions are rising again on the Taiwan Strait.
Beijing, having apparently decided to increase the pressure on Taipei to surrender to “unification with the motherland,” has ramped up military maneuvers aimed at intimidating the island and is warning in the Chinese media that it means business It has also issued ultimatums for Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen to come to the negotiating table on Beijing’s terms and renewed its efforts to lure third countries away from diplomatic recognition of Taiwan. These actions have been generally attributed to China’s prevailing trend toward belligerence and expansionism, and especially Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping’s aggressive streak and desire to make Taiwan a legacy issue for himself.
US warship transits Taiwan Strait, prompting outcry from Beijing December 21, 2020 The guided-missile destroyer Mustin transited the Taiwan Strait on Dec. 19, 2020. The ship is shown here at sea earlier in the year. (Navy) The U.S. guided-missile destroyer Mustin transited through the Taiwan Strait Saturday, sparking outrage from Beijing. The warship’s move was done “in accordance with international law,” according to a statement from U.S. 7th Fleet. Such trips are regularly conducted in the strait to signal support for Taiwan, which Beijing contends is rightfully part of mainland China. The transits also reinforce the fact that such waters are international.