扩大台湾的模糊空间: 众院外委会亚太小组主席

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钟辰芳, 美议员呼吁：终结边缘化台湾. VOA Chinese, Mar 29, 2018
https://www.voachinese.com/a/new ... 180329/4322357.html
("华盛顿 — 不久前美国国务院网站移除台湾的青天白日满地红国旗一事，曾经引起华盛顿及台北的争议，在《台湾旅行法》生效后，双方恢复原来的正常往来。不过有美国议员担忧，国务院将具有台湾 '主权象征' 的国旗 '正式移除' 的做法，可能创下危险先例，导致台湾更加被边缘化。  美国众议院外交委员会亚太小组主席约霍(Ted Yoho [R-Fla] )星期一在《国家利益》网上发表文章，呼吁终结这种边缘化台湾的做法")

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"Taiwan exists in an undefined space. We should seek to expand this space, not diminish it.

"Under the United States' One-China Policy, the United States recognizes the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of 'China,' and conducts only unofficial relations with Taiwan. However, under U.S. policy, it is an open question whether Taiwan is a part of 'China'

"China follows a One-China principle, which differs significantly from the U.S. position

"A little-known memo titled 'Guidelines on Relations with Taiwan' controls important aspects of this relationship. It is issued periodically by the State Department and has not been made accessible to the public or generally available to Congress.

"there is no US policy against displaying the flags of places we do not share diplomatic relations with, because the North Korean flag flies proudly on the State Department’s page for that country.

Note:
(a) "The [2015] alteration of the 'Guidelines on Relations with Taiwan' document was an affirmative policy choice. It was approved under the Obama administration and executed under the Trump administration's watch."

This article does not explain it, which may cause confusion in readers. This "Guidelines" has been referred to as "memo" up to this moment.
(b) At the end of the article, the author is introduced, with a title DVM, which stands for Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. He was a vet.