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U.S. Foreign Policy - Key Documents
| 02/27/1972 |
U.S.-PRC Joint Communique
(Shanghai Communique) |
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| 01/01/1979 |
Taiwan Relations Act |
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| 01/01/1979 |
U.S.-PRC Joint Communique on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (Normalization Communique) |
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| 08/17/1982 |
U.S.-PRC Joint Communique on Arms Sales
(the 1982 Communique) |
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Hearings, Remarks and Related Articles
| 09/13/2006 |
United States Aims To Preserve Peace, Stability in Taiwan Strait
The United States has "an abiding interest" in the preservation of peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait, according to Clifford A. Hart Jr., director of the State Department's Office of Taiwan Coordination. He tells the U.S.-Taiwan Business Council Defense Industry Conference in Denver that U.S. policy toward Taiwan is based on the principle that war between China and Taiwan remains possible, if unlikely. |
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| 09/12/2006 |
U.S. Policy Toward Taiwan
Clifford A. Hart, Jr., Director, Office of Taiwan Coordination
Remarks to U.S.-Taiwan Business Council Defense Industry Conference at Denver, Colorado, September 12, 2006 |
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| 06/09/2006 |
U.S. Pleased by Taiwan President's Pledges on Cross-Strait Issues
The United States is pleased by Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian's June 8, 2006 reaffirmation of his pledges regarding cross-Strait issues, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said in a statement issued the same day. |
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| 03/03/2006 |
U.S. Department of State Press Statement on March 2, 2006
We believe the maintenance of Taiwan’s assurances is critical to preservation of the status quo. Our firm policy is that there should be no unilateral change in the status quo, as we have said many times. |
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| 03/02/2006 |
United States Calls for Peaceful Dialogue Between China, Taiwan
The United States continues to call for dialogue between China and Taiwan to avoid provocation and changes in the status quo, according to State Department spokesman Adam Ereli.
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| 01/31/2006 |
No Changes in U.S. Policy Toward China, Taiwan, State Dept. Says
In the wake of recent remarks by President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan, State Department deputy spokesman Adam Ereli says the United States does not support Taiwan independence and opposes unilateral changes to the status quo by either Taiwan or Beijing. |
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| 11/16/2005 |
President Discusses Freedom and Democracy in Kyoto, Japan (Full-Text)
THE PRESIDENT BUSH:"Taiwan is another society that has moved from repression to democracy as it liberalized its economy. Like South Korea, the people of Taiwan for years lived under a restrictive political state that gradually opened up its economy. And like South Korea, the opening to world markets transformed the island into one of the world's most important trading partners..."
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| 10/03/2005 |
White House Report, September 30: China/Taiwan, India, Personnel
White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan said U.S. policy with regard to Taiwan's autonomy from China "remains the same," and that President Bush had reiterated the U.S. position to Chinese President Hu Jintao during their meetings in New York earlier in September. |
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| 09/19/2005 |
"Noteworthy Developments" Seen in China-Taiwan Relationship
In remarks before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission in Washington September 15, Keith said that although political dialogue between "unofficial" high-level government representatives of Taipei and Beijing has been frozen since 1999, "there have been noteworthy cross-Strait developments over the past year." |
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| 05/19/2005 |
Press Secretary Briefing by Mr. Scott McClellan, WhiteHouse, May 5, 2005
MR. McCLELLAN: We continue to encourage dialogue between Taiwan and China to promote peace and stability in the region. And the President and President Hu talked about that in their conversation today. We appreciate that President Hu met with some of the opposition leaders...
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| 04/08/2005 |
China, Taiwan Must Seek Peaceful Solutions, Congressman Says
Management of relations between China and Taiwan is of paramount concern to the United States and central to the preservation of peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region, according to Representative James Leach, chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific of the House International Relations Committee. |
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| 04/07/2005 |
China's Anti-Secession Law Undermines Trust, State Dept. Says
China's decision to enact anti-secession legislation has undermined trust across the Taiwan Strait and "clearly runs counter to concurrent positive trends in cross-Strait relations," says Randall Schriver, deputy assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs. |
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| 04/21/2004 |
Rep. Leach Says U.S. Remains Committed to Taiwan Relations Act
Even though there should be no doubt that the U.S. Congress and the Bush administration stand together in a common determination to fulfill U.S. obligations under the Taiwan Relations Act, "there is nothing to be gained by steps toward independence if they precipitate a catastrophic and unwinnable conflict between the mainland and island," says Representative Jim Leach. |
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| 04/21/2004 |
Kelly Says Taiwan Relations Act Key to West Pacific Stability
U.S. policy toward Taiwan and China, exemplified in part by the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), has been "the key to maintaining peace and stability in the Western Pacific," according to James Kelly, assistant secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific affairs. |
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