'Taiwan Travel Act' called 'a mistake'

Legislation that encourages visits between officials of the United States and Taiwan at all levels is likely to adversely impact China-US relations, a US professor of political science has said.

US President Donald Trump signed the "Taiwan Travel Act" on Friday, which led China to lodge stern representations with the United States, saying that it sends a "gravely wrong signal" to "Taiwan independence" separatists.

"It's a mistake," said Jon Taylor, professor of political science at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. "President Trump should note that the fundamental reality of cross-Straits relations has not changed since 1979.