During his visit to Northern California over the weekend, James F. Moriarty, chairman of the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), predicted that the U.S.-Taiwan relation will continue to grow deeper and stronger. AIT is the de facto U.S. Embassy in Taiwan. Moriarty was invited as the keynote speaker for this year’s annual meeting of the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce San Francisco (TCCSF) in Milpitas, California on July 31. “America’s commitment to Taiwan will remain rock solid,” he told the audience. Moriarty said Beijing in recent years has tried to force Taiwan to “unify” with mainland China under the “one country, two systems” framework that governs Hong Kong. “The formula was rejected by almost all people in Taiwan. The reason for the rejection: Hong Kong,” he stated. In the past two years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) implemented the national security law and suppressed the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. Many Hongkongers, rights …