Taiwan secessionists and US must beware miscalculation

It would be a miscalculation for secessionists on the island to embrace the actions of the United States as substantial support for "Taiwan independence".

That the US Senate passed the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act early last week calling for joint Taiwan-US military drills and a congressman has put forward a resolution proposing that the United States recognize the island of Taiwan as a "sovereign and independent country" may have given them the belief that the US is throwing its weight behind them.

Especially as the two events come just a week after the US-funded American Institute of Taiwan unveiled its new $256 million headquarters in Taipei. And after the US adopted the Taiwan Travel Act early this year.