Experts: Bolton Likely to Tackle 'One-China' Mantra

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Experts: Bolton Likely to Tackle 'One-China' Mantra
Nike Ching
STATE DEPARTMENT —

While President Donald Trump's new National Security Adviser John Bolton has said he would set aside his personal policy preferences and implement Trump's policies, the new appointment sparks speculations that a review on the United States' current one-China stance may be underway.

Bolton has long argued that Washington can play a "Taiwan card" to compel Beijing's attention for its potentially destabilizing actions in East Asia and the South China Sea.

In a commentary published by the Wall Street Journal in 2016, Bolton said it was time to shake up U.S.-China relations.

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