Lisa Murkowski: “last week the Senate made an important statement that we support Taiwan by passing S. Con. Resolution 107. And that we…”

“last week the Senate made an important statement that we support Taiwan by passing S. Con. Resolution 107. And that we are committed to her people, to her government and to her democratic way of life. While we have made countless statements in this body before concerning Taiwan, the circumstances which led to S. Con. Res. 107 were different--markedly different--from those in the past. During the President's trip to China last month, President Clinton "clarified" his policy toward Taiwan. He indicated while in Beijing--that the United States, in agreeing to the One China policy, had agreed with China that reunification would be peaceful. Further, while in Shanghai, he went a step further and, for the first time, uttered that the United States supports the "Three Noes" long advocated by the government of the People's Republic of China. That is: the United States does not support one-Taiwan, one China; the United States does not support Taiwan independence; and the United States does not support Taiwan's membership in nation-state based international organizations.”