US should uphold commitments it has made to Beijing on Taiwan question

Something seems to have got lost in translation. Or is the US blatantly eating its words? Despite stressing on multiple occasions the importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and pledging that the United States does not support "Taiwan independence", the United States said on Saturday that it held consultations with Taipei on Friday with the aim of expanding the Chinese island's "meaningful participation" in the United Nations system and other international forums.

That belies US President Joe Biden's words and the commitments the US has made to Beijing concerning the Taiwan question, as statehood is the prerequisite for participation in UN agencies and other international organizations. Taiwan has previously been granted observer status of the World Health Assembly subject to Beijing's approval and the island's authorities upholding the 1992 Consensus on one China.

The majority of countries, the US included, recognize that there is only one China, Taiwan is part of China, and that the government of the People's Republic of China is the sole legal government representing China. This principle is enshrined in UN General Assembly Resolution 2758.