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China, US need a fourth communique

By Pang Guoping | China Daily | Updated: 2011-08-31 07:53

The People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States issued the Joint Communiqu in Shanghai on Feb 28, 1972, followed by the Joint Communiqu on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations on Jan 1, 1979. And former US president Jimmy Carter signed the Taiwan Relations Act on April 10, 1979.

The question of US arms sales to Taiwan was not settled in the course of the negotiations on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the PRC and the US. So, to resolve the issue in due course, the PRC and the US signed a third joint communiqu on Aug 17, 1982, also known as the August 17 Communiqu. The core of the Three Joint Communiqus is that there is but one China, and Taiwan is a part of China. But no definitive conclusions were reached on US arms sales to Taiwan.

Over the past nearly 30 years, the world has undergone dramatic changes: the Soviet Union has disintegrated, the Berlin Wall has fallen, the US' national strength is in decline, especially after the 2008 global financial crisis and the recent downgrading of its credit rating, and China has become the world's second largest economy. Besides, great changes have taken place both inside Taiwan and in cross-Straits relations, and the Chinese mainland and Taiwan have signed the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement.

China, US need a fourth communique

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