Pompeo Announces Release of State Department’s Internal Guidelines
It seems to stimulate China, which considers Taiwan a part of its own.
Ambassador Craft is also scheduled to visit Taiwan this week.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. AP Yonhap News
Donald Trump, whose term ends on the 20th (local time), announced on the 9th that it will lift its own rules that have restricted mutual contact between US and Taiwanese officials. It poured out measures to stimulate China, which considers Taiwan a part of its territory, until the end of its term. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a statement today: “Taiwan is a vibrant democracy and a reliable partner of the United States. “We have created restrictions,” he said. “The US government has taken these steps unilaterally to appease the communist regime in Beijing.” He added, “We will lift all these restrictions imposed by ourselves.” . In 1979, the United States recognized the principle of’One China’ and broke up with Taiwan. At the same time, the US enacted the’Taiwan Relations Act’ and used it as a basis for engaging in the provision of weapons and military technology to Taiwan. Georgetown University professor Evan Medeiros, who worked at the White House National Security Conference (NSC) during the Barack Obama administration, said in the US it seems certain that China will be outraged by the announcement. He just said, “China will not even try to blow away ties with the new government until we see how Joe Biden (president-elect) approaches.” The Trump administration, which has been pursuing’strike with China’ as its core foreign policy, has established an angle with China by expanding arms exports to Taiwan and sending high-level personnel. When Health Minister Alex Aiza visited Taiwan at the highest level among US administration officials in August last year, China rebelled by putting two fighters into Taiwan airspace. From the 13th to the 15th, U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft will visit Taiwan to discuss the issue of expanding Taiwan’s membership to international organizations. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hwa Chun-ying accused Ambassador Kraft of his plan to visit Taiwan as “(the Trump administration’s) last attack.” Washington/Hwang Jun-beom correspondent [email protected]