U.S. Secretary Of State Pompeo Announces End To Diplomatic Curbs With Taiwan

 

DW: US ends restrictions on official contacts with Taiwan 

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the curbs had been imposed to "appease the Communist regime in Beijing," and added that the relationship between the US and Taiwan should not shackled by self-imposed restrictions. 

The United States is lifting decades-old "self-imposed" restrictions on its official relationship with Taiwan, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Saturday. 

"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," he said in a statement. 

Pompeo said the measures had been imposed "unilaterally" by the US government to "appease the Communist regime in Beijing." "Today I am announcing that I am lifting all of these self-imposed restrictions," Pompeo said. 

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WNU Editor: China is expecting the incoming Biden administration to reverse this decision .... Pompeo starts Taiwan bonfire for Biden to put out (CGTN). 

 More News On The US Ending Curbs On Contacts With Taiwan 

US lifts self-imposed restrictions with Taiwan -- CNN 

Pompeo: US to lift restrictions on contacts with Taiwan -- BBC 

Pompeo lifts US-Taiwan restrictions in move likely to anger China -- The Guardian 

Pompeo lifts restrictions on U.S.-Taiwan relationship as clock runs out on Trump administration -- Reuters 

 China's Response To The U.S. Announcing An End To Diplomatic Curbs With Taiwan 

Pompeo ‘ending limits’ on relations breaks bottom line of China-US ties, puts Taiwan in imminent danger: experts -- Global Times 

Chinese state media blast Trump administration for 'cowardly act of sabotage' in Taiwan -- NBC China's state media attacks Pompeo over Taiwan -- Politico 

Beijing urged not to overreact to Pompeo’s ‘desperate’ Taiwan move -- SCMP

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