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negotiations with the US.? If you explain to me what your refering to ill tell you what is really happening
The meanings of the English words abolish, terminate, freeze and suspend are clear and they all have their Mandarin equivalents. Despite this, these words were all ignored during negotiations between the US and Taiwan last Monday. Instead, the unclear word "cease" was adopted.
Judging that the U.S. "one China" policy framework no longer works, some American experts favor U.S. negotiations with Beijing and Taipei to strike a new "strategic bargain." The alternative, in their view, is continued conflicting pressure from Beijing and Taipei and related U.S. domestic interests, leading to a passive U.S. policy toward increased confrontation and possibly military conflict.