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The entire metro Atlanta region with area codes 404, 770, 678, 470, and 943 is a local calling area, one of the largest in the United States, without long-distance charges for calls between area codes. All calls in the area are dialed with ten digits.
Leader of the Republic of China Chiang Kai-shek and U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1960.. The Formosa Resolution of 1955 was a joint resolution passed by the U.S. Senate and signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on January 29, 1955, [1] to counteract the threat of an invasion of Taiwan (Republic of China) by the People's Republic of China (PRC).
Although Mao and Kim didn't share many strategic views at the time, with Soviet support China sided with North Korea and contributed its so-called "Chinese volunteers" to fight the war against South Korea, who was backed and defended mainly by the US.
Post-1979, the U.S. relationship with Taiwan has been governed by the Taiwan Relations Act, which gives a legal basis to provide the Chinese-claimed island with the means to defend itself, but ...
Taiwan is reportedly considering a $15 billion military package to strengthen its military against China, while the U.S. and Taiwan have agreed to spend over $2 billion in American weapons ...
NATO allies worry that the growing threat China poses may distract the US from Europe. A seapower expert argues the forces needed in Europe are different than in the Asia-Pacific.
The Taiwan Relations Act (TRA; Pub. L. 96–8, H.R. 2479, 93 Stat. 14, enacted April 10, 1979) is an act of the United States Congress.Since the formal recognition of the People's Republic of China, the Act has defined the officially substantial but non-diplomatic relations between the United States of America and Taiwan (Republic of China).
US Secretary of Defense Neil H. McElroy in Taoyuan Air Base, Taiwan, inspected the US Air Force's F-104 StarFighter in Taiwan, 12 October 1958 On 10 September 1958, as part of the U.S. response to the 1958 Quemoy Crisis , disassembled F-104A Starfighters of the 83d Fighter-Interceptor Squadron [ 1 ] were airlifted by C-124s to Taoyuan Air Base ...