The US severed official ties with Taipei in 1979 but is bound by law to help Taiwan to defend itself
WASHINGTON/BEIJING/TAIPEI – Chinese President Xi Jinping asked US President Joe Biden last year to change the language the United States uses when discussing its position on Taiwan ese independence, according to two US officials familiar with the private conversation.
Xi's aides have repeatedly followed up and made the requests in the months since, according to two US officials and another person familiar with the exchanges.The White House responded to a request for comment with a statement that repeated the line that Washington does not support Taiwan independence. "The Biden-Harris administration has been consistent on our long-standing One China policy," the statement read.
The United States severed official relations with the government in Taipei in 1979 but is bound by law to provide democratically governed Taiwan with the means to defend itself. China claims Taiwan as its own territory and has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. During his time in office, Biden has upset the Chinese government with comments that appeared to suggest the United States would defend the island if it were attacked, a deviation from a long-held US position of "strategic ambiguity."A change by the US to say that it opposes Taiwanese independence would reverberate through the trade-rich Asia Pacific and with US partners, competitors and adversaries alike.
Any switch in language could also be seen signaling a shift in US policy from supporting the resolution of Taiwan's future through peaceful talks to one suggesting the United States stands against Taiwanese aspirations regardless of the circumstances at play.
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