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The only way to prevail is to deter it from happening in the first place,
Cotton stated
We’re going to support our friends in Taiwan,
Cotton explained on Fox News’s Fox & Friends
Today I reaffirmed Taiwan's commitment, as global dynamics shift, to working with the U.S. and global partners. Alongside efforts to raise our defense budget to 3 percent of GDP, we'll deepen ties with the U.S. as we boost investment, balance trade relations and build democratic supply chains."
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday
We do not support Taiwan independence.”
The United States does not diplomatically recognise Taiwan but remains its main security backer and last week removed a line from a state department fact sheet that stated
No matter how much Taiwan and the US collude and scheme with each other, they will never be able to change the fact that there is only one China in the world and Taiwan is a part of it,
she saidThe United States is committed to preserving peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait,
the spokesperson told Reuters
As is routine, the fact sheet was updated to inform the general public about our unofficial relationship with Taiwan,
a State Department spokesperson saidThis is further evidence of the US stubbornly adhering to the erroneous policy of using Taiwan to contain China. We urge the US to immediately correct its mistakes,
Guo added, warning Washington to handle the Taiwan issue with “utmost caution.”The US State Department’s revision of the list of facts regarding US-Taiwan relations represents a serious regression in its stance on Taiwan…(and) sends a seriously erroneous message to the separatist forces advocating for Taiwan independence,
ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a regular news conferenceWe urge the US to immediately correct its mistake, genuinely uphold the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, and handle Taiwan question with utmost caution. The US must stop exploiting Taiwan question to contain China, stop upgrading substantive US-Taiwan island relations, stop supporting Taiwan's attempts to expand its international space, and stop condoning and supporting 'Taiwan independence', in order to avoid causing further serious damage to China-US relations and peace and stability across the Taiwan Straits,
said Guo
The United States remains committed to its one China policy,
the spokesperson said, referring to Washington officially taking no position on Taiwan's sovereignty and only acknowledging China's position on the subject
Selling out Taiwan and appeasing the US will not bring security to Taiwan; it will only harm the interests of the Taiwan people and create instability in the Taiwan Straits,
the expert saidWe oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side. We support cross-Strait dialogue, and we expect cross-Strait differences to be resolved by peaceful means, free from coercion, in a manner acceptable to people on both sides of the Strait,
the spokesperson said
My feeling is that this is a pretty bold move, but it doesn’t mean the Trump administration will support Taiwanese independence or any kind of policy change of that nature,
Yang told Al Jazeera