Washington:
The United States is ending decades-old restrictions governing official contacts with Taiwan, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo stated in a statement Saturday.
He stated the “complex internal restrictions” regulating contacts by diplomats, service members and other people had been imposed “in an attempt to appease the Communist regime in Beijing,” adding, “No more.”
The declaration — which comes in the final two weeks of the Trump administration — appears specific to infuriate China, which sees Taiwan as its personal territory and has worked to maintain it isolated on the globe stage.
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