The U-S State Department is backing comments two former American Institute in
Taiwan officials concerning World War-II era documents not determining
Taiwan's political status.

Former A-I-T chair Richard Bush and former A-I-T deputy director Robert Wang
said on Saturday said that a Chinese official mischaracterized World War
II-era documents as stating that Taiwan was ceded to the China.

Both also stated that the U-S does not consider the political status of
Taiwan to have been determined by any post-World War II documents, and that
Washington expects the issue to be resolved peacefully.

The U-S State Department is insisting that the comments accurately conveyed
Washington's stance on the matter.

An unnamed A-I-T spokesperson says China "intentionally mischaracterizes
World War II-era documents in an effort to support its "coercive campaign to
subjugate Taiwan" ...

.. but "Beijing's narratives are simply false, and none of these documents
determined Taiwan's ultimate political status."

Speaking in mid-August China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi said the Cairo
Declaration and Potsdam Proclamation "clearly defined Japan's responsibility
for the war and required that Japan return all the territories it had stolen
from China, including Taiwan."