Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Scrap US Adoption of ‘One China Policy’

The Epoch Times 09.18.2020 1 min read
Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Scrap US Adoption of ‘One China Policy’
Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Scrap US Adoption of ‘One China Policy’
Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) participates in a ceremonial swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 19, 2020. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

TAIPEI, Taiwan—U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany (R-Wis.) has introduced legislation calling on the U.S. government to resume formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, while dropping the “one-China policy.”

“For more than 40 years, American presidents of both political parties have repeated Beijing’s bogus lie that Taiwan is part of Communist China–despite the objective reality that it is not,” stated Tiffany, according to a Sept. 17 press release from his office.

The congressman added: “It is long past time that America consigned the ‘One China Policy’ to the dustbin of history.”

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