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by asdfk-12 1173 days ago
The United States recognizes the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China and acknowledges the Chinese position that Taiwan is part of China. This is known as the "One China policy".

The United States needs China for industrial and consumer goods. Our economy is brittle and will quickly break without them. This is the logical result of US policy. China clamping down on Taiwan from the official US position is effectively China more tightly controlling thwir existing territory.

Not even close to what happened in Russia vs. Ukraine situation.

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The US One China Policy does not at all say that Taiwan is part of the PRC, it rather states that both PRC and Taiwan view China as one.