Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-03-04

1) One of the top stories from this past week was the passage of the Taiwan Travel Act in the US Senate on Wednesday. The act promotes visits by high-level government officials between Taiwan and the United States, and will become law, pending the approval of the president.

Premier William Lai and Foreign Minister Joseph Wu have both welcomed the passage of the Taiwan Travel Act. Lai said Friday that Taiwan hopes the act will become law and that it can strengthen ties with the United States.

Meanwhile on Friday, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu also thanked the US Congress for supporting Taiwan.

Asked about whether the Taiwan Travel Act violates the US government’s “one China policy”, Wu said that the one China policy is subject to interpretation. Wu said the Taiwanese people take a positive view of improved ties with the US. He also said that Beijing’s continued suppression of Taiwan is not helpful to cross-strait relations.
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