The Taiwan Relations Act Becomes Law
CONFIRMED83% CONFIDENCEThe Office of the Historian states that the Taiwan Relations Act "became law on April 10, 1979". No end date: the Act carries no sunset and is still in force.[1]
Three months after breaking relations with Taipei, Congress wrote the substitute into law: an unofficial relationship run through the American Institute in Taiwan, arms 'of a defensive character', and a declared US capacity to resist any resort to force against Taiwan. It has governed the question ever since.
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