A bipartisan resolution introduced recently in the House and Senate reaffirms US support for Taiwan and its membership in international organizations while rejecting the “One China Principle” by which Beijing claims control over Taiwan.
The US officially acknowledges Beijing’s position that Taiwan is part of China but does not agree with the claim.
“Not only is Taiwan a thriving democracy of 23 million people but a hub for the global semiconductor industry that powers everything from your cell phone to your washing machine,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair Jim Risch, R-Idaho, one of the lead cosponsors, told Semafor in a statement. “To protect the American economy and our way of life, we must help Taiwan deter Chinese aggression.”
The Senate measure is also backed by the Foreign Relations panel’s top Democrat Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, in addition to Sens. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., and Chris Coons,…
