• AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldB
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    11 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    China previously warned that the election was critical, as voters could be choosing between war and peace.

    Biden’s stance reinforces the One China policy in recognizing Beijing’s claims that Taiwan is historically part of the mainland.

    After Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Nov., he said he “made clear” China should not interfere in Taiwan’s election.

    The U.S. announced Wednesday that it would be sending an unofficial delegation to Taiwan after the island conducted its election.

    It’s unknown how China will react to the new delegation and Lai’s win, but the country previously told the U.S. that it will “not make any concession or compromise” on Taiwan.

    Lai, who said he is open to talks with China, posted on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter thanking voters for electing him and pledged to uphold peace in the Taiwan Straight and to be “a force of good in the international community.”


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      11 months ago

      USA policy for decades, at least publicly, has been to neither support nor oppose a particular final status for Taiwan, but to support such status being worked out through peaceful non-coercive negotiations between the two sides.