Taiwan's top intelligence official believes a 1979 law will give the U.S. the right to intervene 'even further' if it chooses to stop a Chinese invasion.
was passed in 1979, the same year Washington cut diplomatic ties with Taipei in favor of establishing relations with Beijing, a former Cold War foe needed in the geopolitical struggle against the Soviet Union. The law created the basis for continued cultural, economic and defense relations with Taiwan by obligating the sale of arms to the island in order to deter an invasion.
The legislation notes the U.S. expectation that differences across the Taiwan Strait will be resolved by peaceful means, failing which any hostile measure, including boycotts or embargoes, is to be considered"a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States."
The TRA also requires the U.S. to maintain its own military capacity to"resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion" against Taiwan. A threat against the island's population and subsequent danger to American interests is to trigger urgent discussions between the White House and Congress, which will jointly determine any"appropriate action," according to its text.
President Joe Biden delivers a speech about the Russian invasion of Ukraine at the Royal Castle in Warsaw, Poland, on March 26, 2022. At a parliamentary hearing in Taipei, Taiwan’s top intelligence official, Chen Ming-tong, said the U.S. could intervene militarily to stop a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, on March 28, 2022.
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