Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty

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Cold War-era security pact bilateral defense treaty

The Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty was a Cold War-era security pact under which the United States pledged to help defend the Republic of China (Taiwan) against armed attack, significantly shaping U.S.–China–Taiwan relations until its termination in 1980.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sino‑American Mutual Defense Treaty	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Cold War-era security pact ⓘ bilateral defense treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Sino-U.S. Mutual Defense Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ United States–Republic of China Mutual Defense Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
articleContent	committed the United States to act to meet the common danger in accordance with its constitutional processes ⓘ required parties to consult when either was threatened by armed attack ⓘ
cameIntoEffect	1955 ⓘ
category	Military alliances involving Taiwan ⓘ Military alliances involving the United States ⓘ Treaties of the Republic of China ⓘ Treaties of the United States ⓘ
countryProtected	Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateSigned	1954-12-02 ⓘ
endedBecauseOf	shift in U.S. recognition from Republic of China to People's Republic of China ⓘ
enteredIntoForce	1955-03-03 ⓘ
geographicScope	Pescadores Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ Western Pacific area NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalContext	Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S.–China–Taiwan relations ⓘ
influenced	U.S. military posture in the Taiwan Strait ⓘ deterrence of large-scale PRC attack on Taiwan ⓘ
inForceDuring	First Taiwan Strait Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Taiwan Strait Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Taiwan Strait Crisis NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Chinese ⓘ English ⓘ
legalBasisFor	U.S. security commitment to Taiwan before 1979 ⓘ
obligationType	consultation in case of armed attack ⓘ mutual defense obligation ⓘ
placeSigned	Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalImpact	constrained U.S. policy options toward the People's Republic of China ⓘ strengthened alliance between the United States and the Republic of China ⓘ
primaryAdversaryContext	People's Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	deter armed attack on Taiwan and the Pescadores ⓘ mutual defense against armed attack in the Western Pacific area ⓘ strengthen security in the Western Pacific ⓘ
relatedLegislation	Formosa Resolution of 1955 NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Taiwan Relations Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
securityRole	cornerstone of U.S.–ROC security relations until 1980 ⓘ
signatory	Republic of China NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
terminatedBy	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
terminatedFollowing	U.S. recognition of the People's Republic of China in 1979 ⓘ establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the People's Republic of China ⓘ
terminatedOn	1980-01-01 ⓘ
terminationEffectiveDate	1980 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

First Taiwan Strait Crisis → relatedTreaty → Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty ⓘ

Treaties of the Republic of China → hasPart → Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sino‑American Mutual Defense Treaty