Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wei said in Washington on Tuesday that the 40-year-old Taiwan Relations Act had “helped create a force for good”. Photo: EPA-EFE Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wei said in Washington on Tuesday that the 40-year-old Taiwan Relations Act had “helped create a force for good”. Photo: EPA-EFE
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wei said in Washington on Tuesday that the 40-year-old Taiwan Relations Act had “helped create a force for good”. Photo: EPA-EFE
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Unloved but essential: 40 years on, the Taiwan Relations Act remains flexible, durable and effective

  • A conference reflects on how a 1979 US law has managed to keep an uneasy cross-strait peace
  • ‘Strategic ambiguity’ has benefited not only Taiwan, but China and the US as well

Topic |   Taiwan
Mark Magnier
Mark Magnier

Updated: 1:22am, 11 Apr, 2019

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Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wei said in Washington on Tuesday that the 40-year-old Taiwan Relations Act had “helped create a force for good”. Photo: EPA-EFE Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wei said in Washington on Tuesday that the 40-year-old Taiwan Relations Act had “helped create a force for good”. Photo: EPA-EFE
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wei said in Washington on Tuesday that the 40-year-old Taiwan Relations Act had “helped create a force for good”. Photo: EPA-EFE
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