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US prepares to open new de facto embassy in Taipei amid 'policy shift' on Taiwan
US prepares to open new de facto embassy in Taipei amid ‘policy shift’ on Taiwan
Lawrence Chung SCMP
Published: 8:30am, 6 Apr, 2019
The United States will move its de facto embassy in Taiwan to a new site next month, amid what analysts see as a shift in US policy on the self-ruled island since Washington switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing 40 years ago.
Nearly 500 staff – including active US military personnel – will relocate to the brand new US$255 million hillside complex in the Neihu district of Taipei on May 6.
They will leave behind the old premises on the former site of the US Military Assistance Advisory Group that was set up to defend Taiwan against any military action from Beijing before 1979.
The new American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), which took more than nine years to build, will occupy a five-floor office and other buildings that take up about one-third of the 6.5-hectare (16-acre) site.
Nearly 500 staff – including active US military personnel – will relocate to the brand new US$255 million hillside complex in the Neihu district of Taipei on May 6.
They will leave behind the old premises on the former site of the US Military Assistance Advisory Group that was set up to defend Taiwan against any military action from Beijing before 1979.
The new American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), which took more than nine years to build, will occupy a five-floor office and other buildings that take up about one-third of the 6.5-hectare (16-acre) site.
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3004910/us-prepares-open-new-de-facto-embassy-taipei-amid-policy-shift
