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The Institute for Taiwanese Studies (ITS) is a Taiwanese American think tank established in the United States. The Institute's researchers, working on a voluntary basis, engage in studies related to Taiwan's past and future developments. Their research findings will be made public as research reports or commentaries.
台灣研究院是在美國成立的台美人智庫型組織,從事與台灣過去及未來發展相關的研究。研究人員以研究志工身份從事不同領域之研究。研究心得將以研究報告及評論方式發表。
-a.jpg) The Institute for Taiwanese Studies (ITS) hosted a roundtable, featuring Dr. Ing-Wen Tsai (third from right, front row) in Los Angeles on January 16, 2006. Currently, Dr. Tsai is the President of Taiwan and the Chairperson of Democratic Progressive Party (DPP, Taiwan). ITS Chairman Wencheng Lin (first from left. front row), ITS President Adolf Huang (standing behind Dr. Tsai) and the scholars from USC, UCLA, UCI, Rand Corp., ITS and other invited guests attended the session. |
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US’ “Six Assurances” to Taiwan
On August 31, 2020, the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) unveiled declassified documents in which the administration of former US president Ronald Reagan laid out the “six assurances” to Taiwan in 1982.
The content of declassified six assurances, sent in 1982 from the State Department, is shown below:
1. The United States has not agreed to set a date for ending arms sales to Taiwan.
2. The United States has not agreed to consult with the PRC on arms sales to Taiwan.
3. The United States will not play mediation role between Taipei and Beijing.
4. The United States has not agreed to revise the Taiwan Relations Act.
5. The United States has not altered its position regarding sovereignty over Taiwan.
6. The United States will not exert pressure on Taiwan to enter into negotiations with the PRC.
As a matter of fact, the content of unofficial “Six Assurance” was first expressed by the former Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs John H. Holdridge in 1982 (which was delivered to Taiwan's President Chiang Ching-kuo by then-Director of the American Institute in Taiwan James R. Lilley). For decades, most politicians and scholars in Washington knew that.
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The unofficial “Six Assurances” to Taiwan
July 1982
1. The United States would not set a date for termination of arms sales to Taiwan.
2. The United States would not alter the terms of the Taiwan Relations Act.
3. The United States would not consult with China in advance before making decisions about U.S. arms sales to Taiwan.
4. The United States would not mediate between Taiwan and China.
5. The United States would not alter its position about the sovereignty of Taiwan which was, that the question was one to be decided peacefully by the Chinese themselves, and would not pressure Taiwan to enter into negotiations with China.
6. The United States would not formally recognize Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan.
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Posted: September 15, 2020
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