DIALOGUE: The US needs a better understanding of Taiwan’s policy direction and the minister intends to improve communication and gain policy support

Taipei Times
Date: Jul 17, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Mainland Affairs Council (MAC) Minister Chen Ming-tong (陳明通) yesterday departed on a nine-day visit to the US to boost policy communication between the two nations and garner greater US support for Taiwan’s cross-strait policy.

From today to Monday next week, Chen is to meet with US officials and Heritage Foundation members, including giving a keynote speech on cross-strait ties at a seminar cosponsored by the council and the think tank.

It is to be the ninth seminar jointly held by the council and the Washington-based think tank. It comes at a time when tensions between the US and China are escalating and Beijing is increasingly flexing its muscles at Taiwan.

Against such a background, the US needs a better understanding of Taiwan’s policy direction and Chen’s visit is intended to improve communication between the two sides, while gaining US support for Taiwan’s cross-strait policy, council officials told reporters.
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