With President Joe Biden’s term complete, it is an appropriate time to analyze and take stock of Senator, Vice President, and President Biden’s comprehensive track record when it comes to Taiwan and cross-Strait relations. Biden has been in the public eye since he first became a senator in 1973, marking over 50 years of public service. Biden was in the Senate when President Jimmy Carter changed formal diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing; he voted in favor of the passage of the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act; and he saw Taiwan’s democratization in the 1990s, as well as the rise of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) more assertive and militaristic actions against Taiwan over the past few years.Read More
Assessing Joe Biden’s Long (and Complicated) Taiwan Legacy
