> As an aside, the US relationship with Taiwan is entirely unofficial. The US political stance follows the One China policy and recognizes Beijing as the capita

> As an aside, the US relationship with Taiwan is entirely unofficial. The US political stance follows the One China policy and recognizes Beijing as the capital of a China inclusive of both what is colloquially the PRC and the ROC. That's false on multiple counts. The official US policy only acknowledges China's position and does not recognize China as having sovereignty over Taiwan. This has been clarified publicly on numerous occasions since the early 1980s. The Taiwan Travel Act further upgraded US-Taiwan relations and made them official. That's why China was so upset by it - publicly stating that it violated their One-China principle - and why the Taiwanese President was able to freely travel to the US afterward.