KONTAN.CO.ID – TAIPEI. Policymakers in Taiwan are trying to convince lawmakers who are nervous because Democrat champion Joe Biden will become US president. The Taiwanese government said Biden would continue US support for Taiwan to confront China.
Tensions over Taiwan have risen dramatically since Trump became US president four years ago. The first time China was angered by Trump’s unprecedented calls for Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen was shortly after he won the election.
Subsequently, Beijing was outraged by the increase in arms sales by the US and two visits by US high-ranking officials to Taipei in recent months.
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Making Trump a popular figure among the Taiwanese public, China has responded by stepping up military drills near Taiwan, including fighter jets flying over the sensitive centerline of the Taiwan Strait, raising fears of conflict.
In Taiwan’s parliament on Monday, several legislators expressed concern about changes to Taiwan’s policy under Biden’s government, with some describing Biden as being friendly to China.
Several others also pointed to Biden’s opposition to a bill to strengthen Taiwan’s security in 1999.
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Huang Shih-chieh, from the ruling Democratic Progressive Party, said their main concern was whether US support for Taiwan would change. “Our biggest concern is that with Biden’s presidency he can adjust his policies,” Huang said.
But Chen Ming-tong, who heads the Taiwan Mainland Affairs Council, has repeatedly assured lawmakers that a fundamental change in US support for Taiwan is unlikely.
“There’s no need to worry about changing ownership in the White House. While there may be some changes in Biden’s tactics towards China, there will be no change in his Chinese strategy, “he stressed.
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Chen noted that Biden was former President Barack Obama, who at the time pushed the axis back to Asia to challenge China’s rise, and that Biden was unlikely to challenge the current geopolitical structure of the US-China impasse.
Chen said United States and Taiwan. “Looking at (Biden) ‘s comments and support for Taiwan in the past, we can trust him to continue to strengthen Taiwan – US relations,” he said.
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