Shanghai communique (SC) commemoration in San Francisco – please come join us.

Shanghai communique (SC) commemoration in San Francisco – please come join us. 在舊金山舉行的上海公報 (SC) 紀念活動 – 請大家參加.

We will be dropping this 20×3’ banner at the cross bridge on Geary and Webster on Sunday Feb 13 2022 at 11:30 am. Please come join us. There will be speeches. Press will be there. Phoenix TV has already made inquiries and will be covering the event.

The banner shows here will be hung across Grant Ave in San Francisco Chinatown from approximately Feb 14 until Feb 26. ( Chinatown parade is Feb 19)

On Feb 27 coast to coast banner demonstration at SF Civic Center 1 pm and Washington DC in front of the White House 1 pm.

A video by P2P on the history of the Shanghai communique and it’s implications on US China Cold War to premier on 2-27-22 on social media platforms.

Judge Julie Tang will be talking about SC at SingTao TV on Feb 15, 2022 9:00am

From our website peacepivot.org:

Statement on the 50th anniversary of the Shanghai Communique
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​On February 28, 1972, President Richard Nixon and Prime Minister Zhou Enlai issued the Shanghai Communique at the end of the American president’s path-breaking visit to the People’s Republic of China. As we mark the 50th anniversary of this historic breakthrough in the relationship between our countries it is a time to recall and reaffirm the guiding principles which were established in the bilateral statement agreed to by both sides.

​While acknowledging that the United States and China have separate and distinct social systems and foreign policies, both countries committed themselves to “…conduct their relations on the principles of respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states, non-aggression against other states, non-interference in the internal affairs of other states, equality and mutual benefit, and peaceful coexistence.” Each side set out its position concerning the outstanding issues between them. Both clearly stated their views on the crucial question of the status of Taiwan. The United States declared that it “…acknowledges that all Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China. The United States Government does not challenge that position. It reaffirms its interest in a peaceful settlement of the Taiwan question by the Chinese themselves.” This remains the binding obligation of the American government.

​In recent years, even as the American people have faced increasing economic hardships, as we saw the painful ending of long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, as climate change has generated devasting weat her events, and as our health care system has struggled to cope with the ravages of Covid-19, the United States government has moved rapidly to adopt anincreasingly antagonistic posture towards China, diverting resources from much needed programs at home while expanding an already bloated military budget.

​In 2011 President Obama announced the “Pivot to Asia” aimed at encircling and containing China. During the tenure of Donald Trump, the United States adopted the official position that its military must prioritize planning for major power conflict with the Peoples Republic. This position has not shifted since President Biden took office. Central to US war plans is Taiwan. This constitutes a reckless abandonment of the core principles of a policy adopted by the United States fifty years ago when the normalization of relations between China and the US began in earnest. The Trump administration further pursued its hostile stance by promoting a “trade war” which has hurt American consumers and done little to address the problems facing the U.S. economy. The Biden administration has if anything become even more aggressive in its rhetoric and actions, secretly sending military forces to Taiwan, engaging in various provocative maneuvers in the Taiwan Strait, and violating both the letter and the spirit of the Shanghai Communique by interfering in the internal affairs of China in many ways.

​As Americans believing that it is better to seek peace than to promote war, and that the interests of our people will be better served by policies of cooperation with China in a quest for a mutually beneficial future in economic development, addressing climate change, and reducing the global men ace of militarism and armed conflict, we call upon American political leaders of both parties, in the White House and in Congress, to publicly affirm their respect for the principles embodied in the Shanghai Communique, to turn away from a path which leads to confrontation and war, and reorient America’s relationship with China in a positive, constructive direction.

Withdraw US troops from Taiwan, cease provocations in the Taiwan Strait, and allow the question of Taiwan to be resolved by the Chinese people on both sides of the Strait themselves, without outside interference and manipulation.