China urges the United States to cease official exchanges with Taiwan and "prudently and appropriately handle issues related to Taiwan to avoid seriously interfering with and damaging China-U.S. relations", she said. Taiwan praises 'joint values'Taiwan's Foreign Ministry thanked the United States for the unanimous support for the bill and for the U.S. government's increasingly friendly and open attitude towards Taiwan. "The Foreign Ministry will keep developing an even more substantive cooperative relationship with the United States, to promote both sides' joint values and mutually-beneficial interests," it said. Taiwan's Presidential Office said the United States was its most important international ally, and that it would discuss the matter with the United States and further strengthen relations. The United States has no formal ties with Taiwan but is bound by law to help it defend itself and is the island's main source of arms.

Source: CBC News March 01, 2018 08:53 UTC