Secretary of State Antony Brinken has told the world that the United States will not directly support Taiwan’s independence at the request of China’s foreign policy emperor Wang Yi.
Wang said in a meeting with Blinken on Monday that China “has no room for compromise or concessions” on the Taiwan issue. according to Readout of the discussion from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. He also said the US must “seriously adhere” to the one-China policy and “oppose ‘Taiwan independence.'”
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Secretary of State Blinken, who has just returned from a visit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, insists the Biden administration does not support Taiwan’s independence.
It’s a sharp turnaround from Biden’s pledge to deploy US troops to defend Taiwan from China by September 2022. pic.twitter.com/z13ktuXZ1l
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Following the meeting, Mr. Blinken immediately appeared before the reporters and echoed Mr. Wang’s sentiments almost word for word.
“Regarding Taiwan, I have reiterated the United States’ longstanding one-China policy. That policy has not changed. It is based on the Taiwan Relations Act, three joint communiques and six guarantees,” Blinken said Monday. said at a press conference. “We do not support Taiwan’s independence. We continue to oppose any unilateral change of the status quo by either side. We want cross-strait differences to be resolved peacefully.” continue to look forward to (Related: Exclusive: China’s Intel Arm quietly operates ‘service centers’ in seven U.S. cities)
Mr. Blinken’s message about Taiwan somewhat contradicts what President Joe Biden has said previously. Biden broke the usual “strategic ambiguity” maintained by previous administrations by vowing that the United States would intervene militarily to defend Taiwan if China invaded. It is also unclear why the United States cannot support Taiwan’s independence while continuing to provide military aid to Taiwan under the Taiwan Relations Act as a means of defending Taiwan from Chinese Communist Party aggression.
