Taiwan, China, and the Threat of War
Why It Matters
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The One China Policy
In 1971, the United Nations General Assembly voted to replace China with the People's Republic of China. Henry Kissinger secretly went to Beijing to negotiate a Raprochmal base in exchange for re-engaging the PRC. The One China Policy has remained in place and helped keep the peace under every president since Richard Nixon. In 1979, Congress passed the Taiwan Relations Act, or TRA, which created the American Institute in Taiwan.
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