Focus Taiwan
Date: 11/08/2020
By Chen Chun-hua and Chiang Yi-ching

Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) Two Taiwanese scholars on Sunday said that United States President-elect Joe Biden is likely to take a different approach to China and Taiwan than incumbent Donald Trump, though it is too early to know the specifics.

There will "definitely be massive changes" to U.S.-China-Taiwan relations under Biden, although the basic structures underpinning the relationship will not change, Alexander Huang (黃介正), a strategic studies professor at Tamkang University, told CNA.

The structures identified by Huang are the competitive relationship between the U.S. and China, as well as the laws that govern U.S. relations with Taiwan and China, such as the Taiwan Relations Act.

Based on Biden's personality and former U.S. President Barack Obama's policies, the new administration will be less overtly hawkish toward China than the current White House team, Huang said.    [FULL  STORY]