Hong Kong highrise buildings are silhouetted against one of nine Taiwanese flags unfurled on a footbridge in a downtown area.
Senators John Curtis and Jeff Merkley introduced legislation this week renaming Taiwan’s de facto embassy to include the country’s name, from the current one that appeases the Chinese government’s sensitivities, National Review has exclusively learned.
The legislation, which would direct the secretary of state to negotiate the rechristening of the outpost as the “Taiwan Representative Office,” has been introduced twice before. But the bipartisan duo has high hopes for it this time around, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio co-authored the 2023 iteration of the bill and has presided over a decidedly Taiwan-friendly direction at Foggy Bottom.
The Taiwan Representative Office Act ...