Lawmakers in Washington back military exchanges with TaiwanWASHINGTON -- The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, which included for the first time a section on senior military exchanges with Taiwan. The bill, which was voted through 375-34, will be forwarded to the Senate for consideration next week. Section 1254 of the act states: "It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should conduct a program of senior military exchanges between the United States and Taiwan that have the objective of improving military-to-military relations and defense cooperation between the United States and Taiwan." Such a program should be conducted at least once each calendar year in both the United States and Taiwan, according to the act.

Source: The China Post December 03, 2016 18:11 UTC