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Why Washington may allow Taiwan embassy change
Beijing is warning Washington against allowing the current defacto Taipei US embassy to be renamed to the Taiwan Representative Office
Beijing says American officials should avoid challenging the one-China principle, and it comes as some observers believe the US has been testing the Taiwan waters recently.
A decision on the renaming has not been made, with approval required by U-S President Joe Biden.
It follows Biden and Chinese leader XI Jin-Ping having their first call in months this week… with Biden saying during the meeting that “the US has never intended to change the one-China policy”.
China of course views Taiwan as a rogue province, which could be brought into its control by force if necessary.
It’s expected that Beijing would view the name change as breaking the one-China principle, and fear that this would cause a domino effect with other regions.
The US and China have long disagreed over Taiwan, with the province often at the centre of trade, technology, human rights and the South China Sea disputes.