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.

Washington "One-China" Policy Dead As Pompeo Lifts Restrictions On US-Taiwan Relations Pompeotaiwan

Washington "One-China" Policy Dead As Pompeo Lifts Restrictions On US-Taiwan Relations Pompeotaiwan

Despite the globe's attention focused on the Capitol protest chaos and Democrats readying a charge to impeach under Pelosi, 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:

Quote :: 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:

Quote :: 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.

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Washington "One-China" Policy Dead As Pompeo Lifts Restrictions On US-Taiwan Relations

Washington "One-China" Policy Dead As Pompeo Lifts Restrictions On US-Taiwan Relations

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