WASHINGTON–The United States will continue to improve its relations with Taiwan after Taiwan’s local elections concluded Saturday, according to a scholar at the Washington -based Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS).
Bonnie Glaser, a senior adviser for Asia at the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies, said the Obama administration is expected to continue its dialogue with Taiwan’s opposition Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) on economic, political and security issues, which are critical for both the United States and Taiwan.
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Alan Romberg, director of the East Asia program at the Stimson Center, a U.S. think tank, said he believes that China will not change its policy of seeking peaceful development in cross-strait relations despite the results of Saturday’s local elections.
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