Omdat het geheugen soms verbazend kort kan zijn:
???????? Chinese side reaffirmed its position: the Taiwan question is the crucial question obstructing the normalization of relations between China and the United States; the Government of the People's Republic of China is the SOLE legal government of China; Taiwan is a PROVINCE of China which has long been returned to the motherland; the liberation of Taiwan is China's internal affair in which NO other country has the right to interfere; and ALL US forces and military installations must be WITHDRAWN from Taiwan. The Chinese Government firmly opposes ANY activities which aim at the creation of "one China, one Taiwan", "one China, two governments", "two Chinas", an "independent Taiwan" or advocate that "the status of Taiwan remains to be determined".
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US side declared: The United States acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain
there is but ONE China and that Taiwan is a PART of China. The United States Government does NOT challenge that position. It reaffirms its interest in a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan question by the Chinese themselves. With this prospect in mind, it AFFIRMS the ultimate objective of the WITHDRAWAL of ALL US forces and military installations from Taiwan. In the meantime, it will progressively reduce its forces and military installations on Taiwan as the tension in the area diminishes.
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Joint Communiqué of the United States of America and the People's Republic of China (Shanghai Communiqué February 28, 1972) was a diplomatic document issued on the last evening of President?*Richard Nixon's?*visit to China.
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(Overgenomen van Pamela Wong op VK)