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Pompeo Lifts All Self-Imposed Restrictions Against US-Taiwan Relations
Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State of the US, said in a statement that for decades, the Department of State had created complex self-limiting measures in US-Taiwan relation to regulate the interactions between Taiwan and the US diplomats and government officials. He also said that this is a unilateral action, aiming to please the Beijing Government.
“Today, I am announcing to lift all of these self-imposed restrictions. The administration department should invalidate all contact guidelines with Taiwan issued by the Department of State.” According to the Taiwan Relations Act, the America Institute in Taiwan, a non-profit making organisation, should manage the relationship between the US administration department and Taiwan.
Pompeo added that Taiwan is one of the US government unofficial partners from the globe, describing that the democratic system of the US and Taiwan jointly supports personal freedom, the rule of law, respect for individual dignity and other values. He suggested that the statement is to confirm that US-Taiwan relations is non-essential, nor being tied up by the longstanding bureaucracy and self-imposed restrictions.
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Sources: StandNews #Jan10
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Michael Pompeo, Secretary of State of the US, said in a statement that for decades, the Department of State had created complex self-limiting measures in US-Taiwan relation to regulate the interactions between Taiwan and the US diplomats and government officials. He also said that this is a unilateral action, aiming to please the Beijing Government.
“Today, I am announcing to lift all of these self-imposed restrictions. The administration department should invalidate all contact guidelines with Taiwan issued by the Department of State.” According to the Taiwan Relations Act, the America Institute in Taiwan, a non-profit making organisation, should manage the relationship between the US administration department and Taiwan.
Pompeo added that Taiwan is one of the US government unofficial partners from the globe, describing that the democratic system of the US and Taiwan jointly supports personal freedom, the rule of law, respect for individual dignity and other values. He suggested that the statement is to confirm that US-Taiwan relations is non-essential, nor being tied up by the longstanding bureaucracy and self-imposed restrictions.
#MichaelPompeo #MikePompeo #USDiplomacy #US #Taiwan #DepartmentOfState #USTaiwanRelations #China
Sources: StandNews #Jan10
https://bit.ly/3t3nPsx
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US Announces Lifting All Restrictions on Taiwan Relations.
Global Times: If Pompeo Visits Taiwan, PLA Fighter Jets Will Fly into Taiwan
Less than 2 weeks before the end of the Trump administration, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced to lift all restrictions on Taiwan relations. Global Times warned that People’s Liberation Army fighter jets would fly into Taiwan to declare China’s sovereignty over Taiwan if Pompeo were to visit Taiwan before the end of his term. Global Times also threatened the possibility of waging war. Xinhua News Agency criticized Pompeo of his “malicious intentions” and his “very poor handling of the affair with Taiwan”.
On 9th January, US Secretary of State Pompeo issued a statement announcing the lifting of self-imposed restrictions on contacts between US officials and their Taiwanese counterparts, pointing out that the US State Department had imposed such restrictions on the interaction with Taiwan on their own diplomats and government officials in the past few decades in an attempt to appease Beijing.
In response to Pompeo’s announcement, Global Times stated that the lifting of all restrictions between US and Taiwan officials would place US and China in opposing positions. If US were to “refuse to pull back before it’s too late”, and if Pompeo were to visit Taiwan before the end of his term, China would “arrange PLA fighter jets to fly into Taiwan at once” and “declare its sovereignty over Taiwan in a way that has never been done before”. Overreaction from either US or Taiwan would likely “trigger a war”. Critics warned if Taiwan were to follow US’s “absurd madness” and attempt to go “independent”, Taiwan would likely be “summoning complete annihilation”. The article also stated that China would “defend and protect the basic rules and righteousness of human interactions”, and that “those who offend China would end in self-destruction.”
#US #Taiwan #China #Pompeo #PLA
Source: Stand News #Jan10
https://bit.ly/2NzKo9n
Global Times: If Pompeo Visits Taiwan, PLA Fighter Jets Will Fly into Taiwan
Less than 2 weeks before the end of the Trump administration, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced to lift all restrictions on Taiwan relations. Global Times warned that People’s Liberation Army fighter jets would fly into Taiwan to declare China’s sovereignty over Taiwan if Pompeo were to visit Taiwan before the end of his term. Global Times also threatened the possibility of waging war. Xinhua News Agency criticized Pompeo of his “malicious intentions” and his “very poor handling of the affair with Taiwan”.
On 9th January, US Secretary of State Pompeo issued a statement announcing the lifting of self-imposed restrictions on contacts between US officials and their Taiwanese counterparts, pointing out that the US State Department had imposed such restrictions on the interaction with Taiwan on their own diplomats and government officials in the past few decades in an attempt to appease Beijing.
In response to Pompeo’s announcement, Global Times stated that the lifting of all restrictions between US and Taiwan officials would place US and China in opposing positions. If US were to “refuse to pull back before it’s too late”, and if Pompeo were to visit Taiwan before the end of his term, China would “arrange PLA fighter jets to fly into Taiwan at once” and “declare its sovereignty over Taiwan in a way that has never been done before”. Overreaction from either US or Taiwan would likely “trigger a war”. Critics warned if Taiwan were to follow US’s “absurd madness” and attempt to go “independent”, Taiwan would likely be “summoning complete annihilation”. The article also stated that China would “defend and protect the basic rules and righteousness of human interactions”, and that “those who offend China would end in self-destruction.”
#US #Taiwan #China #Pompeo #PLA
Source: Stand News #Jan10
https://bit.ly/2NzKo9n