外国媒体对这一件新闻的报导:
The US State Department has said it was not given advance notice about a New
Year's flag-raising ceremony at the residence of Taiwan's representative to
Washington that has angered China.
Taiwanese media report that it was the first time since Washington switched
diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing 36 years ago that the flag of
the Republic of China, as Taiwan is formally known, had been flown at the
residence.
In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said yesterday
that China had protested to the US about the January 1 ceremony and requested
Washington "act with discretion when dealing with Taiwan-related issues."
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the ceremony at
the Twin Oaks residence was not consistent with US policy, and no US
government personnel attended.
She said "nothing has changed" in the status of the US-Taiwanese
relationship, and the US remains committed to the one China policy.
Under that policy, the US recognises Beijing as representing China. Taiwan
split from the Chinese mainland amid civil war in 1949, and China regards
Taiwan, a self- governing island, as part of its territory. The US policy
acknowledges the Chinese view over sovereignty, but considers Taiwan's status
as unsettled.
This delicate compromise makes the Taiwan's diplomatic presence in Washington
an area of some sensitivity despite an easing of tensions across the Taiwan
Strait in recent years. Twin Oaks was the residence of Republic of China
ambassadors from 1937 until 1979, when the US shifted its diplomatic
recognition to Beijing.
The Taipei Times newspaper cited the Taiwanese representative to the US, Shen
Lyu-shun, as saying his office had notified the Obama administration before
Thursday's ceremony and received US approval provided the ceremony was
low-profile and not televised.
The Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington, as
Taiwan's mission is known, declined to comment yesterday, referring questions
to the Foreign Ministry in Taipei
Flag-raising by Taiwan in Washington riles China
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