China-US relations: Washington says it is still against Taiwan independence despite ‘fact sheet’ change


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The United States policy of not supporting the independence of Taiwan remains unchanged, US government officials said on Wednesday, after the removal of such a reference from the State Department’s “fact sheet” on relations with the island angered Beijing. “We do not support Taiwan independence and we have repeatedly made this clear both in public and in private,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told a press briefing. White House Indo-Pacific coordinator Kurt Campbell separately said during a think tank event the same day, “I can be very direct. Our policy has not changed and remains consistent”. Since switching diplomatic recognition...