US sees Taiwan as part of a broad anti-China alliance
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/08/28
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The relationship between the United States and Taiwan has grown
U.S. President Donald Trump and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen. (By Associated Press)
solid beyond fears of President Donald Trump using the island as a bargaining chip in his quarrels with China, reports said Tuesday.
Analysts suggested that the administration was regarding Taiwan as part of a wider Pacific Rim alliance, while officials and members of Congress saw the island as an “antidote” to China, the Voice of America reported.
Each time Beijing bullied Taiwan, the island’s support base in the U.S. expanded and deepened, said Yun Sun, an East Asia Program senior associate at the Stimson Center think tank in Washington.
Arms sales, President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) recent high-profile stopovers in the U.S. which included a visit to NASA, and sharp U.S. comments about El Salvador switching diplomatic ties to Beijing were all signs that Washington was interested in improving relations with Taipei, analysts said. [FULL STORY]
