{"id":8512,"date":"2021-01-11T14:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2021\/01\/us-secretary-of-state-pompeo-lifts-restrictions-on-exchanges-with-taiwan\/"},"modified":"2021-01-11T14:45:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T14:45:00","slug":"us-secretary-of-state-pompeo-lifts-restrictions-on-exchanges-with-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/01\/11\/us-secretary-of-state-pompeo-lifts-restrictions-on-exchanges-with-taiwan\/","title":{"rendered":"US Secretary of State Pompeo Lifts Restrictions on Exchanges With Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"The announcement itself was not unexpected, but the timing -- just 11 days before a new administration takes office -- was.\n