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"We arent ready to sever ties with China, so we will tow the line and kowtow for the meantime"
Or he backs a Taiwan taking back control of mainland China.
I think supporting the One China policy makes pretty clear where he stands and it ain't with Taiwan.
Taiwan is politically complicated. Taiwan has to play a balancing act where China believes that will Taiwan will willingly rejoin the mainland, while still acting as 'the true China'. If mainland China believes that it will eventually be resolved diplomatically, they won't resort to violence. This is complicated with the election of the anti-Chinese president in Taiwan who will push harder against China, upsetting that balance. My guess is that his statements are done to ease Chinese concerns, and/or signal to Taiwan to not antagonize the Chinese.
The US officially supports One China, the US doesn't have an official statement on who we want to be in charge of that One China. The whole thing is a wink-and-nod sort of operation. Sure, we support the reintegration of Chinese culture and territory. Do we support that existing under Jinping? Ehhhhhhhh. America would be just as happy, or happier, were the Taiwanese government to gain control of greater China. But since we aren't trying to start a shooting war with greater China, we keep that part quiet.
The Chinese government knows damn well we don't like them much. We also know they don't like us much. But we're economically interdependent and neither of us wants to rattle sabers at the other until our hand is forced. That's why the situation is full of doublespeak and missing information. It's intentionally vague so that a non-inflammatory statement can be given without backing oneself into a corner.