Last week, the State Department of President Donald Trump strapped Chinese officials after removing a key phrase that declares us to counter Taiwan’s independence.
Facts of the State Department on US Relations with Taiwan previously stated “We do not support Taiwan’s independence” but the phrase was eliminated on Thursday and continues to be absent. Chinese officials urged the United States to “remedy its offenses immediately”, on Sunday, claiming that “sends the wrong signal of Taiwan’s independence forces.”
The State Department stated in the NBC News statement that the US position on Taiwan’s independence has not changed.
“The United States is obliged to maintain peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,” said the Secretary of Sunday on Sunday Outlet.
The US and China have long been holding conflicting views on Taiwan’s future. (Mark Schiefelbein/Pool via Reuters/File)
“We oppose any unilateral change in the status quo on either side. We maintain a dialogue of a cross-degree, and we expect cross-differences to be resolved by peaceful means free from coercion, thus acceptable to people on both sides of the duct on both sides , – a long statement.
The US has long occupied a delicate position on Taiwan and its attitude to the Chinese mainland. He followed for decades One China’s policy, In which the United States recognizes Beijing the only government of China and recognizes, but does not confirm Beijing’s claim for Taiwan control.
Some of this understanding requires the US not to have any official diplomatic ties with Taiwan, a policy that is reflected in the absence of the US Embassy on the island.
The State Department of President Donald Trump eliminated a statement that rejected Taiwan’s independence. (Getty)
However, the United States funded Taiwan’s defense and worked with Western nations to prevent maintenance of mainland China. China President Xi Jinping has repeatedly stated that he was open to use military force to win the island.
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Taiwan, which has its own democratically elected government, claims that it is its own independent country. For the first time, Taiwan became a self -suggestion after the promocratic forces fled there in 1949 after the loss of the Civil War of Mao Zedong and his Communist Party of China.
Taiwan military and air forces of a taxi fighter on the runway at the air base in the Xinchu, Taiwan. China performs air invasions near Taiwan almost daily. (AP Photo/Johnson Lai)
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US relied on symbolic deviations Chinese control over Taiwan In recent years. Only last week, two US Navy vessels sailed in the Taiwan Strait between the island and the mainland, as did the Canadian vessel. Both actions have caused criticism from Beijing.