Posted on 01/09/2021 7:57:00 PM PST by blam
Washington “One-China” Policy Dead As Pompeo Lifts Restrictions On US-Taiwan Relations
The embattled Trump administration has just nuked the decades long US recognition of the “One China” policy status quo in what surely constitutes the biggest shot across Beijing’s bow after months of anti-China escalation.
Despite the globe’s attention focused on the Capitol protest chaos and Democrats readying a charge to impeach under Pelosie, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday announced this absolute bombshell, namely that he’s now lifting “self-imposed restrictions” on the relationship between the United States and Taiwan. He announced in an official statement:
Today I am announcing that I am lifting all of these self-imposed restrictions. Executive branch agencies should consider all “contact guidelines” regarding relations with Taiwan previously issued by the Department of State under authorities delegated to the Secretary of State to be null and void.
The US will no longer act in accord with viewing the island in context of a single sovereign China when it comes to relations with Taiwan as has kept the unsteady “peace” for decades.
His statement began by describing the complex impediments restraining US action which have been in effect since at least the 1980’s (since 1979, and outgrowth of Carter’s Taiwan Relations Act) regarding the official ‘One China’ doctrine which he’s just effectively declared null and void:
Taiwan is a vibrant democracy and reliable partner of the United States, and yet for several decades the State Department has created complex internal restrictions to regulate our diplomats, servicemembers, and other officials’ interactions with their Taiwanese counterparts. The United States government took these actions unilaterally, in an attempt to appease the Communist regime in Beijing. No more.
Crucially the shock announcement comes just ahead of U.S. Ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft’s controversial visit to Taipei...
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(Excerpt) Read more at nationandstate.com ...
"Quemoy—which at its closest point is only about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off the Fujian coast—was subject to periodic artillery exchanges with communist forces on the mainland. One such incident, in 1958, (which also included Matsu Island to the north) provoked an international diplomatic crisis, when the communists heavily bombarded both islands and demanded that the Nationalists there surrender. The standoff was diffused only after the United States interposed the 7th Fleet between the mainland and Taiwan."
wont the commies just reverse this on January 20?
They want war, and look for a weak and compromised President.
Interesting.
Pompeo is a guy, we should keep a good eye on.
I lived in Taiwan for a while.
I am sure this will shake up a few people, just a bit.
Good, been long overdue.
At some point, yes.
Good! Let’s Taiwan on (/jk)
It won’t last two weeks, but it establishes what Patriots know about who our friends are and who aren’t. Bring it on!
That is a damn big slap in china’s face...
Excellent
That was my first thought.
This is just to make it clearer when Biden gives Taiwan to Communist China.
Excellent!!!!
Pompeo bump for later....
Panda Xi will not be happy.
good.
RE: Washington “One-China” Policy Dead As Pompeo Lifts Restrictions On US-Taiwan Relations.
DEAD FOR HOW LONG?
China Joe Biden will be in the White House on January 21. Who’s going to stop him from overturning this policy?
Interesting move on trumps part. Puts the Groper in kind of a bind.
Otherwise, why would the Trump administration do this?
There is fencing and barricades being put up in D.C. right now.
TO KEEP THE ANTIFA/BLM THUGS OUT WHILE THE WAR WITH THE DEEP STATE BREAKS OUT ONTO THE SURFACE
President Chamberlain now in the position of selling out an ally to an enemy for “peace in our time”. History sure does rhyme.
These actions are NOT the quacks of a lame duck.
They are the ROAR of Mustafa!
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