The U.S. State Department has made changes to the wording it uses to describe U.S.-Taiwan ties on its website. It removed previous language stating that Washington does not support Taiwan independence and added a statement saying it expects disagreements between China and Taiwan to be resolved "free from coercion."
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00:00The U.S. State Department has updated its description of U.S.-Taiwan ties on its website.
00:06The bilateral relations fact sheet removed wording which had said that the U.S. does
00:11not support Taiwan independence.
00:14The new language also addresses China's claim over Taiwan.
00:18The State Department added a line that says it expects, quote, cross-strait differences
00:22to be resolved by peaceful means, free from coercion, in a manner acceptable to people
00:27on both sides of the strait.