The American aim, though, is clearly stated: to peacefully resolve the Taiwan question. No agreement, no affirmation, no endorsement of one China-just an acknowledgment of the views of others, namely “all Chinese,” that is explicitly left unchallenged by Washington. It reaffirms its interest in a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan question by the Chinese themselves.” The United States Government does not challenge that position. “acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China.
As a predicate to a future flip in recognition policy, the Shanghai Communique of 1972, during the Richard Nixon administration, stated that the United States There was a recognition black hole between the Communist government of mainland China and the United States for three decades after World War II while Washington recognized the anti-Communist Republic of China that actually governed only Taiwan after losing control of the mainland in the Chinese civil war. To understand why this is the right policy today, we must look back to how we got here. Recognition History in U.S.-Taiwan-PRC Relations But without changing this sensible policy, American officials nevertheless should make clear as a deterrent warning that the worst-case scenario-military aggression against Taiwan and its people-would eviscerate the “one China” policy that has stabilized China’s relations with the United States for decades. executive branch has consistently held, such an extreme initiative would needlessly inflame tensions and accelerate the military conflagration diplomats have long prevented. There is no appetite for the United States to legally recognize Taiwan in the absence of aggression by China, and the Council report rightly criticizes any such move as “irresponsible and ill-advised.” As the U.S. The recognition card would be a powerful diplomatic weapon for Washington to deploy in the event Beijing abandons a peaceful means to resolve the governance of Taiwan.
If China invades Taiwan, the United States should recognize the Republic of China (Taiwan) as a sovereign state while maintaining its long-standing recognition of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and without severing diplomatic relations. A recent Council on Foreign Relations task force report about “U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era” warns that “deterrence is steadily eroding in the Taiwan Strait and is at risk of failing, increasing the likelihood of Chinese aggression.” The report provides a pragmatic road map for managing this looming threat and counsels “that any future arrangement between China and Taiwan be arrived at peacefully and with the assent of the Taiwanese people.”īut diplomacy sometimes requires a hard counterpunch.
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