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Taipei’s main delegate at the APEC summit said on Friday that talks held this week between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, along with an agreement to restore military contacts, will improve stability in the Taiwan Strait.
“I really think it was a good meeting. It was good news that they have resumed military contacts,” said Maurice Chang, who is in San Francisco in the United States as Taiwan’s envoy to the forum.
Taipei’s main delegate at the APEC summit said on Friday that talks held this week between US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, along with an agreement to restore military contacts, will improve stability in the Taiwan Strait.
“I really think it was a good meeting, and it was good news that they have resumed military contacts,” said Maurice Chang, who is in San Francisco in the United States, in his capacity as Taiwan’s envoy to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum.
“I think it should help reduce tension between the United States and China, and should increase the stability of the Taiwan Strait,” Zhang told reporters.
The 92-year-old envoy is the founder of Taiwanese semiconductor giant Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC).
China claims the island of Taiwan, a major point of tension between Washington and Beijing, as its own territory and has intensified military pressure on its self-ruled government in recent years.
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Zhang also said he did not hold talks with Xi this week, although he did hold talks with US officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Vice President Kamala Harris.
He also held informal talks with Biden.
However, he expressed support for restrictions on US exports aimed at blocking China’s access to advanced chips, key to developing next-generation artificial intelligence and weapons technology.
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“At least in the chip business, free trade is almost dead,” he said.
Regarding the United States’ efforts to boost its semiconductor industry, Zhang noted that for the United States to establish a facility like TSMC’s “is impossible in the short term.”
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