Jimmy Carter switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, a move that remains a point of tension, though it moved China away from the Soviet Union.

Beijing called the late U.S. leader a promoter and decision-maker in the establishment of China-U.S. diplomatic ties.

The passing of former United States President Jimmy Carter was met with mixed reactions in China and Taiwan. Chinese President Xi Jinping praised him for helping to establish diplomatic ties ...

Taiwan, officially known as the Republic of China (ROC), is an island separated from China by the Taiwan Strait. Mainland ...

U.S. President Jimmy Carter cut diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1979 in favor of better ties with China. Though Beijing ...

A few months after Carter left China, the nationalists fled the mainland to Taiwan. “So, I saw the birth of China which, by the way, was born on my birthday, October the 1st, 1949. And I think ...

In a guest lecture at a university in Atlanta in 2018, Carter said he had "a big argument" with Deng over the status of Taiwan during negotiations in 1978."China always wanted us to declare that ...