Yawen Zhan

‘Acknowledge, Not Recognise’: What a 1972 Cable Reveals About Australia's 50‐Year Taiwan Dispute

ABSTRACT In December 1972, 19 days after his election, Gough Whitlam established diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China (PRC). The joint communiqué stated that Australia ‘acknowledges the position of the Chinese Government that Taiwan is a province of the People...