A food safety factory shutdown has Americans hunting for baby formula. Readying themselves for a covid-19 lockdown, Chinese in Beijing emptied store shelves. Emerging from lockdown, some in Shanghai are visiting well-provisioned markets. U.S.-China agricultural trade is booming, but many are still being left hungry. Food security, sustainability and safety remain issues.
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Ronald Reagan, Arms Sales to Taiwan, August 17, 1982
October 22, 2019
President Reagan sent this memo to Secretary of State George Shultz and Secretary of Defense Casper Weinberger. The document was classified as secret. It was made public in August 2019 by then National Security Advisor John Bolton.
Scott Busby, U.S. State Department, Defending Democracy through Media Literacy II, September 10, 2019
September 26, 2019
Busby is Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. He spoke in Taipei, Taiwan.
Scott Busby, U.S. State Department, Opening Remarks at the U.S.-Taiwan Consultations on Democratic Governance in the Indo-Pacific Region, September 12, 2019
September 26, 2019
Busby, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor and spoke in Taipei, Taiwan.
TRA at 40: Shirley Kan discusses the enduring importance of America's Taiwan Relations Act
January 24, 2019
Shirley Kan is an independent specialist in Asian security affairs and a Retired Specialist in Asian Security Affairs for the U.S. Congress at the non-partisan Congressional Research Service (CRS).
A Time of Uncertainty in US-Taiwan-China Relations
September 10, 2018
The Grassroots Diplomacy Council and the USC U.S.-China Institute hosted a symposium on the relationships of Taiwan, China, and the United States.
Republic of China (Taiwan), Quadrennial Defense Review, 2017
March 1, 2017
The Ministry of National Defense (MND), in compliance with Article 31 of the National Defense Act, is required to submit a Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) within ten months after each presidential inauguration.
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