Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“The US State Department has dropped a statement from its website which stated that Washington does not support Taiwan’s independence — a move which has sparked anger in China. China said the revision ‘sends a wrong … signal to separatist forces advocating for Taiwan independence,’ and asked the US to ‘correct its mistakes.’ The department’s fact sheet on Taiwan-US relations earlier included the phrase ‘we do not support Taiwan independence’ — this was removed last week as part of what it said was a ‘routine’ update. A US spokesperson was quoted as saying that it remains committed to the ‘One China’ policy, it said, where US recognises and has formal ties with China rather than Taiwan. China sees self-governed Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be part of the country, and has not ruled out the use of force to achieve this.” (02/17/25)