12-02-2016, 04:53 PM
(12-01-2016, 11:35 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: ...A man like this is destined to collapse like a wet paper bag, during the inevitable "3AM call" situations that will haunt him...
well that didn't take long ...
Donald Trump risks China rift with Taiwan call; First US-Taiwanese presidential contact since diplomatic relations were cut in 1979
Quote:Donald Trump risks opening up a major diplomatic dispute with China before he has even been inaugurated after speaking on the phone on Friday with Tsai Ying-wen, the president of Taiwan.
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Although it is not clear if the Trump transition team intended the conversation to signal a broader change in US policy towards Taiwan, the call is likely to infuriate Beijing which regards the island as a renegade province.
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“The Chinese leadership will see this as a highly provocative action, of historic proportions,” said Evan Medeiros, former Asia director at the White House national security council.