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論歐巴馬政府官員逐漸背離美方對台政策
Inviting an Asian Crimea
A U.S. official backs away from historic U.S. policy on Taiwan.
With Russia's seizure of Crimea, you would think the Obama Administration
would be keen to deter similar revanchism by other ambitious autocracies. If
recent testimony by the State Department's top Asia official is anything to
go by, apparently not.
Last Thursday Assistant Secretary Danny Russel backed away from the "six
assurances" that for decades have been the pillars of U.S. policy toward
Taiwan. First conveyed by the Reagan Administration in 1982, the assurances
emphasized that Washington would continue selling defensive weapons to
Taiwan without prior consultations with Beijing. They also stated that
Washington wouldn't revise its position that there is only "one China" and
that Beijing and Taipei should eventually settle their differences
peacefully.
These assurances—along with the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act and a set of three
U.S.-China diplomatic communiqués—have helped Taiwan grow rich and
democratic despite being increasingly vulnerable to aggression from a rising
China. So it would seem wise for the Administration simply to reaffirm the
policy.
Yet when asked repeatedly by Senator Marco Rubio whether the Obama
Administration is committed to the six assurances, Mr. Russel bobbed and
weaved, characterizing them as merely "an important part" and "an element"
of U.S. policy. Mr. Rubio asked again: "Why can't the answer be, 'Yes, we
remain committed to all six of them.' . . . Why are you unable to say that?"
Replied Mr. Russel: "The underpinning of our approach to Taiwan is the one-
China policy, the three communiqués and the Taiwan Relations Act." As for
the Senator's suggested language, Mr. Russel said, "I'm not familiar with
categorical statements of that nature in this or in recent administrations."
Yet in 2011 his own predecessor, Kurt Campbell, the Obama Administration's
first lead Asia diplomat, told Congress that "the Taiwan Relations Act, plus
the so-called 'Six Assurances' and the three communiqués, form the
foundation of our overall approach." Mr. Rubio was right to sense a policy
change in Mr. Russel's testimony—and right to be alarmed.
A few weeks after Mr. Campbell's 2011 testimony, then Defense Secretary Leon
Panetta let slip that he had "given the Chinese a head's up as to what was
going to take place" with the most recent U.S. arms sale to Taiwan. The
message then as now: In tight spots, expect the Obama Administration not to
be firm in defending its friends but flexible in trying to please its foes.
The least Washington can do now is reaffirm its commitment to the
assurances. Anything less could invite China to think it can stage its own
land grab at little cost to its relations with the U.S.
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