+ Taiwanese foreign minister Joseph Wu in Annapolis today for secret talks with top US officials. "Special Channel" talks include Taiwan's national security adviser. Being held day after President Biden held a call with Chinese president Xi Jinping.

NSC & State department lawyers have concluded that Biden must sign an executive order to let Taiwan change the name of its office to "Taiwan Representative Office".

@Dimi @WhiteHouse Xi-Biden phone call essentially means everything else is game except war. Expect a bumpy US-China ride with volatility of Asian equity along the way.

@Dimi @WhiteHouse Any sense on how Biden team sees the political sensitivity of calling it #Taiwan Representative Office versus #Taiwanese Representative Office? There are some dispute over this within Taiwan.

@Dimi @jonathanvswan @WhiteHouse To be fair, pretty much any act of freedom angers China.

@Dimi @WhiteHouse "... a sticking point was whether the change was a symbolic gesture that would exacerbate tensions between China and both the US and Taiwan for little real gain." One presumes "a sticking point" is, in fact, "the sticking point"-- i.e., the core of the USG's claculation?

@Dimi @WhiteHouse That is great idea. US has no more cards to play after this.

@Dimi @jonathanvswan @WhiteHouse Taiwan is Taiwan.

@Dimi @WhiteHouse 9

@Dimi @WhiteHouse Fat chance...the President will stand up to DeSantis, but never Xi....

@Dimi @DefenseBaron @WhiteHouse This is exciting. Been explaining to people my whole life that TECRO is like Taiwan’s embassy except not, even though the whole name doesn’t really sound like it

@Dimi @WhiteHouse Sounds like the U.S. junk-bond got a buyer.💵💵💵

@Dimi @WhiteHouse mark my word US does this, there will be a cut of diplomatic ties......

@Dimi @hkdemonow @WhiteHouse Faxx China

@Dimi @WhiteHouse Words matter.

@Dimi @WhiteHouse Welcome step. Now sanction Pakistan.