Trump says U.S. not necessarily bound by "one China" policy

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No one is gonna tell Trump who he can and cannot talk to.
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1 Hour Ago Reuters

WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Donald Trump questioned whether the United States had to be bound by its longstanding position that Taiwan is part of "one China" and brushed aside Beijing's concerns about his decision to accept a phone call from Taiwan's president.

"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 an interview with Fox News Sunday.

The congratulatory call that Trump accepted from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen was the first such contact with Taiwan by a U.S. president-elect or president since President Jimmy Carter switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 1979, acknowledging Taiwan as part of "one China."

Taiwan is one of China's most sensitive policy issues, and China generally lambastes any form of official contact by foreign governments with Taiwan's leaders.

In the Fox interview, Trump criticized China over its policies on issues such as currency, the South China Sea and North Korea and said it was not up to Beijing to decide whether he should take a call from Taiwan's leader.

"I don't want China dictating to me and this was a call put into me," Trump said. "It was a very nice call. Short. And why should some other nation be able to say I can't take a call?"

"I think it actually would've been very disrespectful, to be honest with you, not taking it," Trump added.
 
Who could argue with that? Whats wrong with one china and one taiwan? This is sending a strong message to China that they will have to deal with the President of the US and the Federal Reserve not just the Federal Reserve.
 
Ricter said:
Rookie manager. Come in and change everything before learning how and why the current policies and procedures came to be.
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This actually happens to be one point I agree with Trump on. The U.S. policy towards Taiwan is absurd. Refusing to recognize a country while selling billions in weapons to them is absurd. With China now causing all sorts of strife in the region it is time to recognize Taiwan and serve notice to China.
 
The Prickters of this world all think 'everything is fine...let's keep business as usual'.

I'm very pro China, do much business in China....and could give a shit about a 'One China Policy' as to how it relates to receiving phone calls from Taiwan.
What's next - they gonna tell us we can't watch Taiwanese TV or buy Taiwanese products?
 
jem said:
Who could argue with that? Whats wrong with one china and one taiwan?
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Should Drumpf turn out to be a hawk, well, you'll find a way to accept that, won't you?

China's aggression, bad!
Russia's aggression, good!

Drumpf is a nincompoop, and he's just backfilling his story on Taiwan now, his "genius move".
 
Fuck China. China's a fucking bully. Take back about 4 Trillion in jobs, and China gets knocked down to where they should be.

The Globalists picked China to lead the new world order. That's why they get everything and we get jack squat. This is all coming to an end.
 
China - on Obama's watch- has taken over the South China sea. Absolutely unprecedented .

Instead of focussing on that dangerous situation the state department has been trying to work over Russia (and losing everytime), a country that they should be making closer ties to.

Trump has it right.
 
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