1、 https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated March 28,2024President Reagans Six Assurances to TaiwanIntroduction Under the U.S.“one-China”policy,the U.S.government has,since 1979,maintained official relations with the Peoples Republic of China(PRC or China)and unofficial relations with self-governed Taiw
2、an,over which the PRC claims sovereignty.Like the Trump Administration before it,the Biden Administration refers to the U.S.one-China policy as guided by three sets of documents:the Taiwan Relations Act(TRA,P.L.96-8;22 U.S.C.3301 et seq.);three U.S.-PRC Joint Communiqus concluded in 1972,1978,and 19
3、82;and Six Assurances communicated to Taiwans government in 1982.Since 2017,Congress and the President have enacted five laws referring to the TRA and the Six Assurances as either“the foundation for”or“cornerstones of”U.S.-Taiwan relations.The most recent law to reference the Six Assurances refers t
4、o the U.S.one-China policy as“the foundation for”U.S.-Taiwan ties.Historical Context In the 1978 Joint Communiqu,the United States and the PRC announced that they had agreed to establish diplomatic relations on January 1,1979.In an accompanying statement,the U.S.government said it would terminate di
