US Ambassador to China Signals US Won’t Capitulate to Beijing on Taiwan Policy

The Chinese regime has been vocal about seizing Taiwan by force if necessary.

David Perdue, nominee to serve as U.S. ambassador to China, before his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington on April 3, 2025. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue reiterated in an Oct. 1 media appearance that U.S. policy on Taiwan hasn’t changed, following reports that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping urged President Donald Trump to reject Taiwan independence.

“We said very clearly, we’re not changing the ‘One China’ policy,” Perdue said on CNBC’s Squawk Box. “We are going to adhere to the Taiwan Relations Act, the three communiques and the six assurances that were done under [President Ronald] Reagan. But this has served the world very well. We don’t want any coercion. We want this resolve peacefully.”