US reaffirms Taiwan stance following Xinhua claims

[yuiyoshida]

A US official on Saturday reaffirmed Washington’s stance toward Taiwan, after China’s Xinhua news agency reported that US President Barack Obama expressed the US’ “opposition” to “Taiwanese independence” in a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平 ) in China.

“Our position is consistent and longstanding... We remain firmly committed to our ‘one China’ policy based on the three joint communiques and the Taiwan Relations Act,” White House National Security Council spokesman Myles Caggins said in an e-mailed statement.

Obama and Xi held a meeting in Hangzhou on the eve of the G20 summit taking place there, and according to Xinhua, Xi urged the US to honor its commitment to the “one China” policy and the three joint communiques, and safeguard the peaceful development of cross-strait ties and the overall interests of Sino-US cooperation with deeds.

According to Xinhua, Obama responded that the US “opposes all attempts aimed at seeking Taiwanese independence,” and reaffirmed that Tibet belongs to China.

“Our fundamental interest is in peaceful and stable cross-strait relations,” said Caggins, who is among the White House staff accompanying Obama in China.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2016/09/05/2003654520

[msongs]

1. US sells out taiwan. what happened to freedom of self determination by democratic vote? nt

[Socal31]

2. Taiwan would already be "re-unified" if it wasn't for US protection.

It's time to re-evaluate how many trip-wires to war with nuclear powers we can tolerate.

25k+ American troops will die if NK decides to cross the 38th. Who knows how many more in the aftermath.

How many will die when China decides to take Taiwan? Or the Senkaku? Or take their revenge on Tokyo for Nan king?

We know we all are dead if Pootie Poot miscalculates and pushes his tanks too far west, triggering a chain of events that leads to a full exchange.

We don't need to be isolationists, but we sure as hell don't need to blindly continue 20th century doctrine in the 21st century with no reassessment.

[Nevernose]

3. How long was Taiwan a military dictatorship?

Most of my life, and I'm not that old.

"China" is a different culture with different beliefs and different paradigms, and that includes Taiwan.

[Major Nikon]

4. If Taiwan was sold out, it was done by Carter decades ago

Everything since then has been a continuation of that policy. It's a complicated situation which has a lot of history and a lot of implications should the US try to change its longstanding position.