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US Committed To 'One China' Policy Despite Taiwan Official's Visit To US- State Department
Sumaira FH Published August 15, 2018 | 12:28 PM
The United States remains committed to "One China" policy despite the recent visit of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen to Los Angeles, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 15th August, 2018) The United States remains committed to "One China" policy despite the recent visit of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen to Los Angeles, State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said.
"Our policy on Taiwan has not changed. The United States remains committed to our U.S. 'one China' policy based on three joint communiques under the Taiwan Relations Act. The United States, in regard to this trip, facilitates from time to time representatives of the Taiwan authorities to transit the United States. Those are largely undertaken out of consideration for the safety and comfort of those travelers and that is in keeping with our "one China" policy. For any additional details about President Tsais visit, then I would have to refer you to Taiwan authorities," Nauert said at a briefing on Tuesday.
Earlier this week, Tsai visited Los Angeles, where she had a transit stop on the way to Paraguay and Belize. However, she delivered a speech at the Ronald Reagan Presidential library and met with a number of US politicians, marking the first time in 15 years that a Taiwanese leader delivered a public speech on the US territory.
In March, US President Donald Trump signed Taiwan travel Act that sought to stimulate visits between officials from Taiwan and the United States. The Chinese Defense Ministry then said it was viewing the move as a direct interference in China's domestic affairs.
The United States, along with many other countries, does not recognize Taiwan as a sovereign nation and officially sticks to the "One China" policy. Nevertheless, Washington has kept informal relations with the island nation after severing diplomatic ties with it in 1979.
Official relations between central Chinese authorities and Taiwan stopped in 1949, when the Kuomintang government led by Chiang Kai-shek fled to Taipei after being defeated by the Chinese Communist Party, establishing the Republic of China on the island. Informal contacts resumed in 1980s. Beijing does not recognize Taiwanese independence and claims the island is part of China. Taiwan similarly does not recognize the central government in Beijing.
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