{"id":350381,"date":"2021-03-30T13:01:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T17:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=350381"},"modified":"2021-03-30T13:01:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T17:01:12","slug":"u-s-ambassador-visits-taiwan-for-first-trip-since-1979","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-ambassador-visits-taiwan-for-first-trip-since-1979\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Ambassador Visits Taiwan for First Trip Since 1979"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fu-s-ambassador-visits-taiwan-for-first-trip-since-1979%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=350381&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1764.jpeg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>The Biden administration sent an ambassador on a diplomatic trip to Taiwan, an action made possible by changes to diplomatic rules made in the final days of the Trump administration.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Monday, President Biden sent<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;U.S. ambassador to Palau John <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hennessey-Niland to Taiwan, marking the first visit to the island nation by an American ambassador since 1979. The visit comes months after a flurry of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">actions<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the Trump administration that strengthened diplomatic relations between Taiwan and the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in National Security<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/biden-upholds-trump-action-on-taiwan\/\"><strong>U.S. Ambassador Visits Taiwan for First Trip Since 1979<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/cornell-students-call-to-stop-new-china-partnership\/\"><strong>Cornell Students Call to Halt China Partnership<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/palestinian-terrorists-issue-death-threat-on-american-reformer-as-biden-admin-seeks-closer-ties\/\"><strong>Palestinian Terrorists Issue Death Threat on American Reformer as Biden Admin Seeks Closer Ties<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the final days of the administration, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo lifted several long-standing bans on official U.S. diplomatic engagement with the country. Pompeo <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/citing-biden-transition-u-s-cancels-u-n-envoys-trip-to-taiwan\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">planned<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to send former U.N. ambassador Kelly Craft to Taiwan in January as a capstone event to rebuilding ties with the country, but, after citing the Biden transition, he canceled all State Department travel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biden, however, appears prepared to pick up where the Trump administration left off. Though the president and some of his top advisers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/defense-experts-blast-bidens-taiwan-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a history of not supporting America\u2019s commitments to Taiwan, the administration has leaned into protecting the nation as military threats from China grow.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The visit from Hennessey-Niland comes soon after House Republicans <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/republicans-rally-around-taiwan-ahead-of-biden-admins-meeting-with-china\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a letter to the Biden administration demanding increased support for Taiwan. Several senior military leaders also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/news.usni.org\/2021\/03\/09\/davidson-china-could-try-to-take-control-of-taiwan-in-next-six-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">testified<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before Congress in March <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/mar\/23\/taiwan-china-threat-admiral-john-aquilino\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> China&#8217;s first priority is to invade Taiwan, potentially &#8220;in the next six years,&#8221; and the United States may not be able to defend the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taiwan\u2019s ability to defend itself could receive assistance from a muscular American defense budget. It is unclear, however, if the Biden administration will follow through on this effort. Several actions by congressional Democrats indicate that President Biden may cap the defense budget at flat levels, likely limiting America\u2019s ability to defend Taiwan.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n\t\t<!-- \/339474670\/Freebeacon\/InContent --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration sent an ambassador on a diplomatic trip to Taiwan, an action made possible by changes to diplomatic rules made in the final days of the Trump administration. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311386,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1764.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. Ambassador Visits Taiwan for First Trip Since 1979","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1764.jpeg","fifu_image_alt":"U.S. Ambassador Visits Taiwan for First Trip Since 1979","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350381","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}