Taiwan International Strategic Study Society director-general Wang Kun-yi, third left, chairs a symposium in Taipei yesterday on Taiwan-US relations on the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Biden’s call with Xi was somewhat of a breakthrough, he said, adding that the Financial Times report was therefore surprising. Making the plan public at this time suggests that Biden wants to test Xi’s reaction, Wang Kun-yi said. “However, judging by the very strong response from China with regard to a planned Taiwan office in Lithuania, Beijing is unlikely to just let a name change happen without protest,” he said. However, the KMT does not believe that President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) would consider such a proposal, it said.

Source: Taipei Times September 11, 2021 15:56 UTC