Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/10/13
By: Rita Cheng and Y.F. Low
Washington, Oct. 12 (CNA) A bill to encourage visits between the United States and
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Taiwan at all levels passed the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs on Thursday.
The legislation will now move on to the floor of the House of Representatives.
It says that since the enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act in 1979, ties between the United States and Taiwan have suffered from insufficient high-level communication due to the self-imposed restrictions that the United States maintains on visits by high ranking officials to Taiwan.
“The United States government should encourage visits between the United States and Taiwan at all levels,” the bill states. [FULL STORY]