U.S. Eases Restrictions on Contact With Taiwan in Jab at China
- Move may inflame tensions between U.S., Taiwan & China
- U.S. diplomat says ‘no more’ appeasement of Communist regime
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The U.S. will remove decades-old, self-imposed restrictions on how its diplomats and other officials interact with Taiwan, a move that may inflame tensions with Beijing just a little over a week before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in.
“For several decades the State Department has created complex internal restrictions to regulate our diplomats, service members, and other officials’ interactions with their Taiwanese counterparts,” Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said in a statement Saturday in Washington. “No more.”