Sec. 101. Findings; sense of Congress
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Congress finds the following: Taiwan is a free and prosperous democracy of nearly 24,000,000 people and is an important contributor to peace and stability around the world. Section 2(b) of the Taiwan Relations Act ( Public Law 96–8 ; 22 U.S.C. 3301(b) ) states that it is the policy of the United States— to preserve and promote extensive, close, and friendly commercial, cultural, and other relations between the people of the United States and the people on Taiwan, as well as the people on the China mainland and all other peoples of the Western Pacific area ; to declare that peace and stability in the area are in the political, security, and economic interests of the United States, and are matters of international concern ; to make clear that the United States decision to establish diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China rests upon the expectation that the future of Taiwan will be determined by peaceful means ; to consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by other than peaceful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area and of grave concern to the United States ; to provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character ; and to maintain the capacity of the United States to resist any resort to force or other forms of coercion that would jeopardize the security, or the social or economic system, of the people on Taiwan .
Since the election of President Tsai Ing-wen as President of Taiwan in 2016, the Government of the People’s Republic of China has intensified its efforts to pressure Taiwan through diplomatic isolation and military provocations. The rapid modernization of the People’s Liberation Army and recent military maneuvers in and around the Taiwan Strait illustrate a clear threat to Taiwan’s security. It is the sense of Congress that— both the United States and Taiwan have made significant strides since 1979 in bolstering their defense relationship; the People’s Republic of China has dramatically increased the capability of its military forces since 1979; the People’s Republic of China has in recent years increased the use of its military forces to harass and provoke Taiwan with the threat of overwhelming force; and it is the policy of the United States to consider any effort to determine the future of Taiwan by anything other than peaceful means, including by boycotts or embargoes, a threat to the peace and security of the Western Pacific area, and of grave concern to the United States.
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- Pub. L. 96-8
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