Posted on 12/31/2024 7:44:01 AM PST by DFG
The passing of former United States President Jimmy Carter was met with mixed reactions in China and Taiwan. Chinese President Xi Jinping praised him for helping to establish diplomatic ties between Beijing and Washington while some in Taiwan remain critical of his decision to sever official ties with the island to this day.
In a message to U.S. President Joe Biden, Xi expressed his “deep condolences” and described Carter as “the driving force behind the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States.”
Former President Carter “made important contributions to the development of China-U.S. relations and the friendly exchanges and cooperation between the two countries,” China’s state-run broadcaster CCTV cited Xi as saying.
"China-U.S. ties are among the most import bilateral relationships in the world," Xi said, adding that Beijing is willing to work with Washington to advance bilateral relations.
During Carter’s time in office between 1977 and 1981, the U.S. established formal diplomatic relations with China, advancing the groundwork laid by former U.S. President Richard Nixon and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger in the 1970s.
In 1979, his administration recognized the People’s Republic of China (PRC) as the sole legal government of China and acknowledged Beijing’s position that Taiwan is a part of China. He also agreed to sever official ties with Taiwan, charting a new course in what would later become one of the world’s most complicated and consequential relationships.
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And as a reward for naming Taiwan a part of China, China gave the US the Panama Canal. Did I get that right?
Carter never met a totalitarian thug he didn’t like.
And people are lionizing this one term loser?! That tells a lot about our society!
“important contributions”. Yeah, like the HilaryHag contributed and facilitated. Accomplished nothing, but was standing around.
Carter was a toad in all respects. Everything he touched went bad.
Not glad he died. Rather he was never born.
Henry Kissinger
Another one who made it to 100.
I liked when Kissinger went to China to play ping pong, er, table tennis with Chou En Lai. I think it was them, anyway.
Carter sold out Taiwan and cozied up to his buddies the Chinese communists. He was a horrible president.
No, it tells us a lot about our reptilian and useless establishment.
Are peanut sales UP or DOWN in those countries?
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