Taipei Times
Date:  Jun 27, 2015
By: William Lowther  /  Staff reporter in Washington

Taiwan appears to have played a limited role in the seventh annual US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue in Washington this week.

Sources say that the US did not even raise the subject during closed-door talks.

However, Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi (楊潔篪) said in his publicly released closing remarks that China had “reaffirmed its principled positions on Taiwan.”

He said that China had stressed the need for the US to respect and accommodate the interests and concerns of China and “handle differences and sensitive issues with caution.”     [FULL  STORY]