Stay updated with breaking news from Three Joint. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
/ Staff writer, with CNA, WASHINGTONUS National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Monday expressed concerns about Beijing’s “provocative” activities across the Taiwan Strait during talks with Chinese Central Foreign Affairs Commission Director Yang Jiechi （楊潔篪）, a senior US official said.
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said he had promised Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) that the US would “abide by the Taiwan agreement,” but did not clarify what that agreement was. The US-Taiwan relationship is characterized by the stipulations laid out in the Three Joint Communiques, the Taiwan Relations Act, the “six assurances” and the Taiwan Travel Act. Of those, only the Three Joint Communiques represent agreements between China and the US on the issue of Taiwan — the others were instituted unilaterally by the US. The “six assurances” specifically represent a unil...