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By Austin Babb and Jason Wu
Guidelines, Visit Show Improving U.S. Ties
U.S.-Taiwan relations are showing further signs of strengthening as Washington continues to make overt gestures of support for Taiwan. The U.S. Department of State recently released an update to guidelines regarding interactions between American diplomats and their Taiwan counterparts. In a short press statement, the State Department highlighted Taiwan as a “vibrant democracy and an important security and economic partner,” and said that the new guidelines “liberalize guidance on contacts with Taiwan.” Taiwan’s representative to the U.S. Hsiao Bi-khim and other Taiwanese officials and politicians took to Twitter to welcome the State Department’s decision.
Finance Minister Taro Aso prepares to attend a meeting of the Suga Cabinet. (Koichi Ueda)
TAIPEI Finance Minister Taro Aso’s comment about treated water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant prompted a reaction from Taiwan, which had been low key about Japan’s decision to dump that water into the ocean.
Aso came under fire abroad when he said last week it would be safe to drink the water that will be released into the ocean from the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
The water will be treated first but will still contain tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen. Aso, who is also the deputy prime minister, said the water will be so diluted of tritium that it would be drinkable.
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Taipei, April 17 (CNA) Taiwan's Atomic Energy Council (AEC) said on Saturday that it is planning to set up a warning system to closely monitor the waters around the country in the wake of a Japanese plan to release treated radioactive water from the disabled Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean in two years.