Ronald Reagan on China

Open door to PRC, but maintain alliance with Taiwan

Reagan had long been Taiwan’s leading political champion. When he was elected, Reagan still believed that the government that fled to Taiwan in 1949 was the legitimate government of China. Reagan needed a process of rationalization before he became comfortable with the idea of visiting China. “And we have made it plain that in continuing and trying to build this friendship with the People’s Republic of China on the mainland, we in no way retreat from our alliance with the Chinese on Taiwan.” Source: The Role of a Lifetime, by Lou Cannon, p. 479-80 Jul 2, 1991

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