Taiwan Relations Act

The Taiwan Relations Act is a statute enacted by the Congress of the United States on April 10, 1979 law, which (on Taiwan) redefined the international relations of the Republic of China after the United States 1 January 1979 under Jimmy Carter official diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China had taken. Due to the one-China policy, Beijing's relations with Taipei had to be canceled pro forma.

With the law were quasi- diplomatic relations with the opening of a Cultural Institute, the American Institute in Taiwan, maintained. Furthermore, the United States pledged to comply with all international obligations entered into prior to 1979 on Taiwan, with the exception of the mutual defense agreement, which expired in 1980.

Under the law, Taiwan is defined as the island of Taiwan and the Pescadores Islands. Accordingly, the law does not apply to the coastal islands of Kinmen and Matsu, as she " always " were among mainland China, in contrast to Taiwan and the Pescadores historically.

The Act emphasizes that the United States ' means any measure to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful methods, including boycotts and embargoes, be regarded as a threat to the western Pacific, and these are of considerable concern to the United States. "

The Act requires the United States, provide "Taiwan with weapons defensive character " to, and " the ability of the U.S. to maintain, to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion, of the security, or the social or economic system, or inhabitants of Taiwan would bring in distress. " This forces the United States but not necessarily to respond to an attack by the people's Republic of China on Taiwan militarily. The Taiwan Relations Act was used repeatedly to justify arms sales to Taiwan, even though the U.S. government is pursuing its own form of one-China policy, which is not congruent with the mainland.

The People's Republic of China denies the legitimacy of the Taiwan Relations Act and considers him to be " unauthorized interference in internal Chinese affairs."

In the late 1990s, was adopted by the United States under Bill Clinton a resolution that stipulates that the relations between the U.S. and Taiwan are determined primarily by the TRA. Thus, this law is a rank higher than the three communiques with the PRC. Although the U.S. " take note" of the position of the PRC in relation to Taiwan, applies after the six assurances ( Six Assurances ) in 1982 that the " United States will not recognize a sovereignty of China on Taiwan ."

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