August 17 Communiqué (1982)

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The August 17 Communiqué (1982) is a joint U.S.–China statement that further defined their diplomatic relationship, particularly addressing American arms sales to Taiwan and reaffirming the One China policy framework established in earlier communiqués.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf diplomatic communiqué ⓘ
joint statement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1982 U.S.–China Communiqué ⓘ
Third U.S.–China Communiqué ⓘ
appliesTo Mainland China ⓘ
linked to: China

Taiwan ⓘ
category 1982 in international relations ⓘ
China–United States relations ⓘ
Treaties and agreements of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Treaties and agreements of the United States ⓘ
concerns U.S. arms sales to Taiwan ⓘ
normalization of U.S.–China relations ⓘ
countryInvolved People's Republic of China ⓘ
linked to: China

United States ⓘ
dateSigned 1982-08-17 ⓘ
diplomaticStatus non-binding political commitment ⓘ
follows Joint Communiqué on the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations (1978) ⓘ
Shanghai Communiqué (1972) ⓘ
hasConsequence became a key reference document in U.S. policy toward Taiwan ⓘ
further institutionalized U.S.–China diplomatic relations ⓘ
reinforced PRC position on Taiwan in bilateral relations ⓘ
historicalContext Cold War ⓘ
post-normalization U.S.–China relations ⓘ
jurisdiction international law ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
legalForm joint communiqué ⓘ
linkedTo Taiwan Relations Act ⓘ
locationSigned Beijing ⓘ
partOf U.S.–China Three Communiqués ⓘ
policyArea defense policy ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
security policy ⓘ
reaffirms One China principle ⓘ
linked to: One-China policy

U.S. acknowledgment of the Chinese position that there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China ⓘ
relatedTo Six Assurances ⓘ
signatoryGovernment Government of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
Government of the United States of America ⓘ
states U.S. arms sales to Taiwan will not exceed, either in qualitative or in quantitative terms, the level of those supplied in recent years ⓘ
United States does not seek to carry out a long-term policy of arms sales to Taiwan ⓘ
United States intends to gradually reduce its sale of arms to Taiwan ⓘ
subject One China policy ⓘ
linked to: One-China policy

U.S.–China relations ⓘ
arms sales to Taiwan ⓘ
topic Taiwan question ⓘ
peace and stability in the Western Pacific ⓘ
year 1982 ⓘ

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Shanghai Communiqué → followedBy → August 17 Communiqué (1982) ⓘ