The United States reiterated Thursday that its “One China” policy is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, the three joint communiques and the six assurances.
At a press briefing, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price told reporters that is exactly what American President Joe Biden meant when he said earlier this week that the U.S. and China have agreed to abide by the “Taiwan agreement.”
Price said the U.S. president and State Department have been “clear and consistent that our policy for some four decades now that … our ‘One China’ policy has been guided by the Taiwan Relations Act, by the three joint communiques, and the six assurances provided to Taipei.”
“Those documents form the basis of our approach to Taiwan and to cross-strait relations,” he said, in response to reporters’ questions about Biden’s recent statement on the issue.
On Oct. 5, Biden commented for the first time on China’s military sorties near Taiwan, saying that the country’s leader Xi Jinping (???) should stick to the “Taiwan agreement.”
“I’ve spoken with Xi about Taiwan. We agree … we will abide by the Taiwan agreement,” Biden told reporters at the White House, when asked about China’s military maneuvers in the South China Sea.
“That’s where we are, and we made it clear that I don’t think he should be doing anything other than abiding by the agreement,” Biden said, without specifying what agreement he meant.
Since the beginning of October, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has sent record numbers of aircraft into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone (ADIZ), actions that have been interpreted by Taiwan as a provocation and an attempt at intimidation.
From Oct. 1-5, a total of 150 PLA warplanes have entered the southwestern part of Taiwan’s ADIZ, according to data published on the website of Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense.
Price said Thursday that the U.S. is very concerned about China’s provocative military actions near Taiwan.
“We strongly urge Beijing to cease its military, diplomatic, and economic pressure and coercion against Taiwan,” he said.
Source: Focus Taiwan News Channel