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Trump: US doesn't 'have to be bound' by 'one China' policy
« on: December 11, 2016, 07:08:13 pm »
Washington (CNN) President-elect Donald Trump again signaled Sunday a willingness to confront Beijing, questioning whether the United States should keep its long-standing position that Taiwan is part of "one China."

"I fully understand the 'one China' policy, but I don't know why we have to be bound by a 'one China' policy unless we make a deal with China having to do with other things, including trade," Trump said on "Fox News Sunday."

Trump had set off a diplomatic controversy when he took a call from Taiwan's leader. The United States recognizes Taiwan as part of China -- and Chinese officials were furious over the first conversation in decades between a Taiwanese leader and a US President or President-elect.

Trump indicated Sunday he won't hesitate to anger China until the country comes to the bargaining table on trade and severs ties with North Korea...

Read more at: http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/11/politics/donald-trump-china-taiwan/index.html
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Re: Trump: US doesn't 'have to be bound' by 'one China' policy
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2016, 07:12:57 pm »
   Isn't this reminiscent of Nixon going to China to isolate the Russian bear, Trump's doing the opposite to goad China.  He'll be in Moscow for their Mayday celebration 2017.

   The bright side, America will be awash in cheap Russian Vodka and Caviar and they will get our Oxycodone.
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Re: Trump: US doesn't 'have to be bound' by 'one China' policy
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2016, 07:14:56 pm »
I'm with trump on this. Taiwan is a free democracy. China is a communist dictatorship.


Good for trump.
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Re: Trump: US doesn't 'have to be bound' by 'one China' policy
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2016, 08:29:10 pm »
Trump is only acknowledging the basic reality of the situation on the ground: as of right now, there are two competing groups claiming to represent China, but neither has full control of the territory. Unless China actually invades Taiwan and topples the republic, or vice versa, that truth stands, and the idea that we're dealing with a single nation is simply a diplomatic fiction.
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Re: Trump: US doesn't 'have to be bound' by 'one China' policy
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2016, 10:00:05 pm »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on December 11, 2016, 07:14:56 pm
I'm with trump on this. Taiwan is a free democracy. China is a communist dictatorship.


Good for trump.

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