VOA (Voice of America)
Date: August 30, 2019
By Ralph Jennings
TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Taiwan’s relations with the United States have reached their strongest point ever
FILE – Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu speaks during a press conference at the American Institute in Taiwan, in Taipei, March 19, 2019.
Close ties with the United States give Taiwan military and diplomatic support that it struggles to get elsewhere because most countries recognize Beijing over Taipei. Taiwan faces a chronic military threat from nearby China.
The government of U.S. President Donald Trump, though it also maintains formal ties with Beijing instead of with Taipei, is locked in a trade dispute with China and often sends naval ships to oppose Chinese maritime expansion. [FULL STORY]
