My comment: It is 6:40 pm EST, Jan 5. Surprisingly US Department of State has not published either the video or transcript of the Daily Press Briefing yet, though it does foretell today's briefing would be conducted by Spokesperson Jen Psaki at 1 pm.
, which is full of innuendoes, such as "「台美默契」" and "台美關係「更上層樓」？"(two section headings).
The BBC report also quotes
曹郁芬 and 施曉光, 台美斷交36年 雙橡園首次元旦升旗; 首度在園內 為著軍服軍官授勳. Liberty Times, Jan 3, 2015
news.ltn.com.tw/news/politics/paper/844305
("歐巴馬政府雖然同意這項具有象徵意義的活動，但仍希望低調，尤其不願見到電視畫面播出引起中方抗議，因此駐美代表處並未邀請媒體出席，而是以事後發新聞稿的方式宣佈此事")