Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/12/06
By: Elaine Hou
Taipei, Dec. 6 (CNA) A former White House official said on Tuesday that the recent call between U.S.
“We should not over-analyze or overreact to the fact that your current and our future leader spoke by phone,” said Stephen Yates, deputy national security adviser to then-U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney during the George W. Bush administration, during a media conference in Taipei.
Noting that it is reasonable for the people of Taiwan to expect friendly relations from the incoming administration in the United States, he said “it would not be reasonable to anticipate major changes in U.S. policy at this point.” [FULL STORY]