In November, Xi and Biden met in San Francisco ahead of the Apec leaders’ summit and agreed to restore a wide range of communication channels that were heavily curtailed after then-US House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan in August 2022.
Dialogue on climate, the fight against illegal drugs, and military communication channels were all affected in the wake of the Pelosi visit to Taiwan, which Beijing regards as part of its territory.
Like most countries, the US does not recognise the self-ruled island as an independent state, but opposes any unilateral change to the status quo.
Beijing and Washington officially established ties on January 1, 1979, based on agreements reached after years of negotiations. On the same date, Washington officially switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing.
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