{"id":1078634,"date":"2021-12-02T22:58:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:58:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078634"},"modified":"2021-12-02T22:59:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-03T03:59:07","slug":"exclusive-rep-tom-tiffany-time-for-u-s-to-recognize-reality-by-recognizing-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-rep-tom-tiffany-time-for-u-s-to-recognize-reality-by-recognizing-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive\u2014Rep. Tom Tiffany: Time for U.S. to Recognize Reality by Recognizing Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-rep-tom-tiffany-time-for-u-s-to-recognize-reality-by-recognizing-taiwan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1078634&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">America\u2019s \u201cOne China Policy,\u201d which acknowledges Communist China\u2019s claim of authority over Taiwan, was conceived nearly a half-century ago by President Richard Nixon as a way to drive a wedge between Mao\u2019s China and the now-defunct Soviet Union. It became a reality under President Jimmy Carter, who recognized Beijing in 1979 and cut off formal U.S. ties with Taiwan \u2013 without the approval of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>The policy is a relic of a bygone era. It is also proving to be a spectacular failure \u2013 something that becomes more apparent with each passing day.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>America\u2019s decision to cement ties with the People\u2019s Republic of China was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heritage.org\/asia\/report\/executive-summary-the-taiwan-relations-act-after-20-years-keys-past-and-future-success\">predicated<\/a> on Beijing\u2019s commitment to resolve its differences with Taiwan&nbsp;peacefully. But you\u2019d never know it from watching the evening news. More than 40 years on, China\u2019s People\u2019s Liberation Army aircraft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/record-chinese-aircraft-sorties-near-taiwan-prompt-u-s-warning-11633282326\">breach<\/a> Taiwan\u2019s air defense identification zone&nbsp;on an almost daily basis and Beijing\u2019s state-run propaganda outlets routinely&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/innovation\/military\/destroy-them-chinas-dark-warning-on-taiwan-after-sending-warplanes-into-the-region\/news-story\/77b015b02f3781ab716e586e6db61152\">threaten<\/a> to \u201cdestroy\u201d&nbsp;the island democracy \u2013 ignoring the foundational assurance on which the U.S.-China relationship is based.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18987970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"33\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18987970\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-51395137.jpg\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1183\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">President Richard Nixon toasts with Chinese leader Chou En Lai in February 1972 in Beijing during Nixon\u2019s official visit to China. (AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This troubling \u201cbipartisan\u201d trend set in motion by Carter and Nixon was <a href=\"https:\/\/1997-2001.state.gov\/regions\/eap\/980722_clinton_china.html\">accelerated<\/a> by&nbsp;President Bill Clinton&nbsp;who backed preferential \u201cMost Favored Nation\u201d trade status for China. It was then supercharged with Beijing\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov\/news\/releases\/2001\/12\/20011227-2.html\">accession<\/a> to the World Trade Organization under&nbsp;President George W. Bush.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The results have been as predictable as they have been disappointing. We\u2019ve seen a parade of multinational corporations, financial institutions, Hollywood actors, and even American sports superstars joining a shameless stampede to see who can pander most effectively to a regime that is the reigning world champion of predatory economic behavior, human rights abuses, and even genocide. These well-heeled, politically-connected institutions also exert pressure on this side of the Pacific \u2013 ironically carrying the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s water in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11723407\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"35\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11723407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/china-nba-i-love-china-sign-getty.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A display is seen near a logo outside the NBA flagship retail store on October 9, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Kevin Frayer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>That is the bad news.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is that in recent years, American policymakers have begun to recognize the shortcomings of this outdated policy and taken steps to try and correct course \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2021\/jan\/9\/state-department-lifts-all-restrictions-government\/\">lifting restrictions<\/a>&nbsp;on high-level communications between U.S. and Taiwanese officials, supporting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/supporting-taiwans-participation-in-the-un-system\/\">Taiwan\u2019s participation<\/a>&nbsp;in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/us-senate-passes-bill-help-taiwan-regain-who-status-2021-08-06\/\">international forums<\/a>, sending a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/virus-outbreak-beijing-ap-top-news-alex-azar-international-news-8422b1060bc8b85e687cf2925354ad3f\">cabinet-level<\/a>&nbsp;U.S. delegation to Taiwan for the first time in decades, and even dispatching&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-troops-have-been-deployed-in-taiwan-for-at-least-a-year-11633614043\">U.S. Marines<\/a>&nbsp;to help train Taiwanese military personnel.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18987778\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"38\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18987778\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1302216306.jpg\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1281\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of the South China Sea between the city of Xiamen in China, in the far distance, and the islands of Kinmen in Taiwan, in the foreground, on February 2, 2021. (An Rong Xu\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_8475350\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8475350 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/parade-1600x960-1.png\" alt=\"In this April 12, 2018 photo released by Xinhua News Agency, the Liaoning aircraft carrier is accompanied by navy frigates and submarines conducting an exercises in the South China Sea. China has announced live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan. The announcement by authorities in the coastal province of Fujian on Thursday was accompanied by a statement that the navy was ending a three-day exercise in the South China one day early. (Li Gang\/Xinhua via AP)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">China\u2019s Liaoning aircraft carrier is accompanied by navy frigates and submarines conducting an exercises in the South China Sea in this photo released on April 12, 2018. China announced live-fire military exercises in the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions over increased American support for Taiwan. (Li Gang\/Xinhua via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_18988202\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"34\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18988202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-630829502.jpg\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1197\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chinese J-15 fighter jets on the deck of the Liaoning aircraft carrier during military drills in the South China Sea on January 2, 2017. (STR\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The U.S. has also encouraged the handful of countries that maintain formal ties with Taiwan to keep them \u2013&nbsp;most recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us-has-urged-honduran-presidential-candidates-keep-ties-with-taiwan-official-2021-11-24\/\">in Honduras<\/a>, where a November election in which the question of abandoning Taiwan for China featured prominently. Unfortunately for Taiwan, the U.S. and the people of Honduras, the left-wing, pro-Beijing candidate appears to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voanews.com\/a\/honduras-ruling-party-candidate-concedes-to-leftist-opponent-in-presidential-election\/6334717.html\">have won<\/a>&nbsp;that contest.<\/p>\n<p>This is hardly a surprise. So long as the U.S. asks cash-strapped governments in developing countries to stick with Taiwan when America itself refuses to do so, back-channel U.S. diplomacy on behalf of Taipei will continue to lack any real credibility. And what happened last month in Honduras will continue to repeat itself until Taiwan \u2013 a key democratic partner and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/03\/16\/2-charts-show-how-much-the-world-depends-on-taiwan-for-semiconductors.html\">global semiconductor powerhouse<\/a>&nbsp;\u2013 finds itself completely isolated. Such an outcome would be disastrous and one none of us can afford.<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan\u2019s exclusion from the international community is not an academic issue and has already inflicted substantial real-life harm. Recall that Taiwan&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-taiwan\/taiwan-says-who-ignored-its-coronavirus-questions-at-start-of-outbreak-idUSKBN21B160\">tried to warn<\/a> the World Health Organization (WHO) in late 2019 about human-to-human transmission of a new, previously unknown coronavirus. But because Taiwan is excluded from the WHO thanks to relentless and irrational Chinese bullying, that warning went unheeded, and we have been living with the consequences ever since.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18987394\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"40\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18987394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-686695672.jpg\" alt width=\"1920\" height=\"1285\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pro-Taiwan protesters demonstrate outside of the United Nations offices on the opening day of the World Health Organization\u2019s annual meeting, on May 22, 2017, in Geneva. Despite impassioned pleas from several countries, the WHO\u2019s annual assembly refused to even discuss admitting Taiwan to the meeting, in a move hailed by China. (FABRICE COFFRINI\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The world has changed substantially since Jimmy Carter was in the White House, and so should America\u2019s hopelessly antiquated and counterproductive \u201cOne China Policy.\u201d That is why I\u2019ve&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taiwannews.com.tw\/en\/news\/4139811\">introduced legislation<\/a> calling on President Biden to abandon the \u201cOne China\u201d lie, support Taiwan\u2019s membership in international organizations, negotiate a free trade agreement with Taiwan, and finally normalize relations between our two countries.<\/p>\n<p>It is long past time for the United States to lead by example and formally recognize Taiwan for what it is: a democratic and independent nation.<em>&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Tom Tiffany represents Wisconsin\u2019s 7th&nbsp;District in the U.S. House of Representatives.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America\u2019s \u201cOne China Policy,\u201d which acknowledges Communist China\u2019s claim of authority over Taiwan, was conceived nearly a half-century ago by President Richard Nixon as a way to drive a wedge &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":340,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1078634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/340"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1078634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1078634\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1078634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1078634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1078634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}