Trump should welcome Tsai’s commitment to status quo: U.S. report

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/02/08
By: Tony Liao and Christie Chen

Washington, Feb. 7 (CNA) U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration should welcome Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen’s (蔡英文) commitment to maintaining the status quo across the Taiwan Strait, according to a report released Tuesday in Washington, D.C.

The report, titled “U.S. Policy Toward China: Recommendations for a New Administration,” was authored by a bipartisan task force comprising prominent China specialists and jointly issued by the Asia Society’s Center on U.S.-China Relations and the School of Global Policy and Strategy at the University of California, San Diego.

The report said Taiwan has a long history as a “central, volatile, and potentially dangerous element” in U.S.-China relations and urged the Trump administration to make significant changes in policy only after a careful analysis of the potential consequences.    [FULL  STORY]