This day, 17 August, in 1982, the governments of China and the United States issued the “August 17 Communiqué” on the issue of US arms sales to Taiwan, in which the US government reiterated that it has no intention of violating China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Communiqué stated that the performance and quantity of weapons sold to Taiwan will not exceed the supply level during the years after the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. Those sales were to be gradually reduced leading to a final settlement “after a period of time”.
1982年8月17日的这一天，中美两国政府发布了关于美国向台湾出售武器问题的“8月17日公报”，其中美国政府重申，它无意侵犯中国的主权和领土完整。 公报指出，在中美建交后几年内，出售给台湾的武器的性能和数量不会超过供应水平。 這些銷售額將逐漸減少，導致「一段時間後」最終結算。
