The US House Republicans' China Task Force has released a report, laying out over 400 policy recommendations to combat threats from China. Some of them mention Taiwan. For example, one calls for trade talks between Taiwan and the US. Meanwhile, US ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft has proposed allowing Taiwan to participate in the UN system.


The US House Republicans' China Task Force released a China threat report on the eve of China's National Day. The report, which took the group months to put together, detailed 82 "discoveries," 400-plus policy recommendations, and close to 200 legislative recommendations. There is bipartisan agreement on two-thirds of the content.

…to supporting the protestors in Hong Kong and the threatened countries like Taiwan…the Chinese Communist Party is the greatest long-term threat to the interests of the United States of America.

Apart from a slew of anti-China measures, including economic and industrial espionage sanctions against China Telecommunications Corp., the report called for trade talks between the US and Taiwan. The head of the task force, Michael McCaul, says the Trump administration is already considering a trade agreement on many fronts. The report also recommended allowing Taiwan to call its stateside representative office "Taiwan Representative Office." Taipei's representative to the US, Hsiao Bi-khim, says this name would be a more accurate reflection of the status quo.

As Taiwan's first woman president, President Tsai Ing-wen knows this very well. Over the past years, she has made it a priority to tackle the issues that prevented women from entering the workplace.

Hsiao has been busy making public statements since being appointed representative. During an online women's leadership conference on the 30th, Hsiao spoke with US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Kelley Currie and called on the United Nations to accept Taiwan's participation. US ambassador to the UN Kelly Craft, meanwhile, tweeted, "The world needs Taiwan's full participation at the UN, particularly with respect to matters which affect public health and economic development. It is a force for good, and a UN without Taiwan's full participation is cheating the world." The photo Craft posted accompanying the tweet had a stuffed Formosan black bear toy in the background.



在中國10月1號國慶前夕，美國眾議院中國工作小組，30號公布經過數月調查的報告，針對美國因應中國在經濟和軍事上的挑戰，提出82項發現、400多項政策建議，和近200項立法建議，其中三分之二是兩黨共識。

美國眾議院中國工作小組主席 麥考爾表示：「去支持香港的抗爭者，及受到中國威脅的國家，像是台灣。中國共產黨，是美國最大的長期威脅。」

報告除了多項反制中國措施，像是制裁涉及經濟或工業間諜活動的中國電信公司，也提到台灣，其中呼籲美國和台灣展開雙邊經貿談判，麥考爾也表示，川普政府在很大程度上已經將台美貿易協議談判納入考量。另外，也建議讓駐美代表處改用"台灣代表處"的名稱，對此駐美代表蕭美琴表示，「台灣代表處」確實比「台北」更能真實反映現狀。

駐美代表 蕭美琴表示：「（蔡英文)做為台灣第一位女總統，在過去幾年，裡她非常關注，而且將解決，婦女在工作場所遇到的問題，列為優先事項。」

蕭美琴擔任駐美代表之後，積極對外發聲，30號在"女性領導：重新擘劃後疫情時代"網路研討會上，也跟美國全球婦女議題無任所大使柯莉線上對談，呼籲聯合國應接納台灣參與，美國駐聯合國大使克拉夫特也在推特表達力挺台灣，表示沒有台灣充分參與的聯合國是「欺騙世界」。
克拉夫特照片中背景更出現台灣黑熊玩偶，也看得出巧思。