ADJUSTMENTS OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S TAIWAN POLICY Yang Jiemian (22) Since Bill Clinton assumed office in the White House, the U.S. government has ma de several adjustments of its Taiwan policy, the latest one took place after Li Tenghui issued the statement on July 9,1999 about the socalled “statetost ate relationship” between the mainland and Taiwan. To prevent the situation fro m precipitating into a crisis in the SinoU.S. relationship, American governmen t took some measures of “preventive diplomacy.” However, with increased pressu re from conservative forces at home, the U.S. Congress passed a series of proTaiwan, antiPRC res olutions, representing the duality in U.S. Taiwan policy.