issuing time: 11/05/2022 – 18:28
The U.S. State Department website updated its discussion on U.S.-Taiwan relations, arousing attention from the outside world on whether the U.S. policy toward Taiwan has changed. In this regard, the White House Coordinator for Indo-Pacific Affairs Campbell said that the United States‘ one-China policy remains unchanged and that not supporting Taiwan independence is the long-term position of the United States.
The Central News Agency reported that Kurt Campbell attended a seminar at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) on May 11 to discuss the United States and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit to be held later this week, and the former White House National Security Council Asian affairs. Conversation with Evan Medeiros, Senior Director and Special Adviser to the American Institute of Peace.
McAlvin asked whether the U.S. State Department’s recent update on U.S.-Taiwan relations means that the U.S. has adjusted its policy toward Taiwan. Campbell pointed out, “I can say very directly that our policy has not changed and remains consistent.”
McAlvin asked whether this meant that the United States did not support Taiwan independence. Campbell replied, “That’s correct.” This is the long-term position of the United States, and the one-China policy still plays a role.
On the 5th, the US State Department updated the status of US-Taiwan relations on its official website. In addition to including the “six guarantees to Taiwan” into the one-China policy and confirming that Taiwan is an important US partner in the Indo-Pacific, it also deleted “Taiwan is a part of China” in the previous 2018 version. , “does not support Taiwan independence” and other words, which sparked discussions on whether the US policy towards Taiwan has changed.
US State Department spokesman Ned Price said at a regular media briefing yesterday that US policy has not changed, it is just an update of a fact sheet, and US policy towards Taiwan is still based on the Taiwan Relations Act, the US Guided by the China Third Communiqué and the Six Assurances, the State Department’s list of facts about Taiwan reflects the rock-solid unofficial relationship between the United States and Taiwan.
As for the discussion between the United States and ASEAN countries on cross-strait relations, Campbell emphasized that the United States hopes to take measures to ensure peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, and the United States does not seek to take provocative actions, and clearly expresses its expectation of deterring provocative measures. For other countries, publicly or privately, it is crucial to stress that what happened in Ukraine must never happen in Asia.