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• Law09/21/2026@PoliticsDesk

  The Taiwan Relations Act Becomes Law

  The White House, 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC, United StatesUnited States Congress

  

  Starts 04/10/1979CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 4 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better47.5 years agoThe 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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• Geopolitics09/21/2026@PoliticsDesk

  Carter Welcomes Deng Xiaoping to the White House

  South Lawn, The White House, Washington, DC, United StatesThe White House

  

  Starts 01/29/1979 3:12PM UTCCONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better47.7 years agoThe American Presidency Project's note on the remarks states that "the President spoke at 10:12 a.m. on the South Lawn of the White House" on 29 January 1979; 10:12 a.m. EST is 15:12Z.^[1]

  Four weeks after relations began, Deng Xiaoping stood on the South Lawn for a full arrival ceremony — the first visit to Washington by a leader of Communist China. He went on to charm Congress and the press, and to be photographed in a ten-gallon hat at a Texas rodeo.

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• Geopolitics09/21/2026@PoliticsDesk

  The United States and China Establish Diplomatic Relations

  Embassy of the United States, Liangmaqiao Road, Chaoyang, Beijing, ChinaUS Department of State

  

  Starts 01/01/1979CONFIRMEDDate confidence: CONFIRMEDStated as firmHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all CONFIRMED pins82% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 82%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or better47.8 years agoThe Office of the Historian states that "the Joint Communiqué stated that the United States would begin official diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China on January 1, 1979, and that the two countries would open Embassies on March 1". The agreement itself was announced on 15 December 1978.^[1]

  From 1 January 1979 Washington recognised the People's Republic as the sole legal government of China and withdrew recognition from Taipei, ending thirty years in which the United States had treated the Republic of China on Taiwan as the government of all China.

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