“Based on the wrongful actions of the U.S. side, China has already decided to impose sanctions on U.S. officials who behave egregiously on Taiwan,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying told a daily briefing in Beijing on Monday, without.
Jan 17, 2021
Beginning in Jan. 2017, the Trump administration made great strides in America’s relationship with Taiwan during its time in office, bringing the two countries much closer together than they have been in more than 40 years through increasing bilateral exchanges, strengthening defense ties and undertaking arms sales.
Symbolic of this progress, for example, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo recently announced the lifting of self-imposed restrictions on interactions between U.S. and Taiwanese officials. In a statement released on Jan. 9, Pompeo said, “Taiwan is a vibrant democracy and reliable partner of the United States, and yet for several decades the State Department has created complex internal restrictions to regulate our diplomats, servicemembers, and other officials’ interactions with their Taiwanese counterparts. The United States government took these actions unilaterally, in an attempt to appease the Communist regime in Beijing. No more.”
OPINION / VIEWPOINT By Wei Zongyou Published: Jan 17, 2021 03:48 PM
Joe Biden in Beijing on December 5, 2013 Photo: AFPThe US State Department s abrupt cancelation of a planned visit to the island of Taiwan by US Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft, as part of the transition to the incoming Biden administration, is helpful to alleviate tense China-US relations.
After four years of turbulence and the free fall of China-US relations, what can the Biden administration do to put the brakes on? What might a reset of China-US relations look like?
There are at least five things the Biden administration can do.
First, dial down the rhetoric. The past four years have witnessed a kind of rhetorical war in China-US diplomatic relations. The US State Department, and in particular its Secretary Mike Pompeo, has engaged in systematic rhetorical attacks on China and the Chinese government. This was never before seen in China-US relations since the two countries established di
2021/01/16 14:30 U.S. official Pamela Pryor (left) with Taiwan envoy Hsiao Bi-khim and the Taiwanese bear (Twitter, IO Bureau @ State photo) U.S. official Pamela Pryor (left) with Taiwan envoy Hsiao Bi-khim and the Taiwanese bear (Twitter, IO Bureau @ State photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Taiwan’s envoy to the United States, Hsiao Bi-khim (蕭美琴), met with State Department official Pamela Pryor Saturday (Jan. 16), but it was a Formosan black bear which stole the limelight. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft was recently spotted heading to work with a stuffed black bear poking its head out of her bag. On Jan. 15, Hsiao met with Pryor, the senior bureau official for International Organization Affairs, a key contact considering Taiwan’s campaign to join global bodies in the face of Chinese opposition.