China Warns Trump ( Archived) (26)

Trump doesn't have a clue as to the seriousness of his behavior toward China and Taiwan and that phone call. Everything is a game to Trump. If he stays in office any length of time, US can expect to encounter war talks, if not in a war under Trump... he is so foolishly simple-minded and politically impotent... expect WWIII... no doubt

China Warns Trump Against Ignoring Its Taiwan Interests
China’s Foreign Ministry said cooperation was “out of the question” if Washington could not recognize Beijing’s core interest on Taiwan.
12/12/2016 07:31 am ET
Ben Blanchard- Reuters

BEIJING (Reuters) - China expressed “serious concern” on Monday after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said the United States did not necessarily have to stick to its long-held stance that Taiwan is part of “one China”, calling it the basis for relations.

Trump’s comments on “Fox News Sunday”, questioning nearly four decades of U.S. policy, came after he prompted a diplomatic protest from China over his decision to accept a telephone call from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Dec. 2.

China’s Foreign Ministry said cooperation was “out of the question” if Washington could not recognize Beijing’s core interest on Taiwan, indicating it would reject any effort by Trump to use the issue as a bargaining chip in a long list of commercial and security problems facing the two countries.

“China has noted the report and expresses serious concern about it. I want to stress that the Taiwan issue concerns China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and involves China’s core interests,” said ministry spokesman Geng Shuang.

“Upholding the ‘one China’ principle is the political basis for developing China-U.S. ties. If this basis is interfered with or damaged then the healthy development of China-U.S. relations and bilateral cooperation in important areas is out of the question,” Geng told a daily news briefing.

Geng said China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi, who outranks the foreign minister, had met with Trump advisers, including his pick for national security adviser, retired Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, during a transit in New York on his way to Latin America in recent days.

“Both sides exchanged views on China-U.S. ties and important issues both are concerned with,” Geng said, without elaborating.

He did not give a precise date for the meeting, and it was unclear if it occurred before or after Trump’s latest remarks on Taiwan, which Beijing considers a renegade province.

Geng urged the incoming Trump administration to fully recognize the sensitivity of the Taiwan issue and uphold a ‘one China’ policy to “avoid the broader picture of China-U.S. ties being seriously interfered with or damaged”.

“The China-U.S. relationship has global and strategic significance. This not only concerns the happiness of both countries and their people, it concerns the peace, stability, development and prosperity of the Asia Pacific (region) and internationally.”

Sorry china does not post correct news only what it wants people to know.

China will not get far in the world issuing threats to anyone.

They did not care when they flooded the world markets with cheap steel, thus many businesses came unstuck.

Trump does understand but he will not be dictated to for what he can and cannot do by anyone hence his election

We will see how he performs but i know he bows to no-one

Wouldn't it be more aggressive to not accept a congratulatory call ????????????????????????????????

Should China dictate USA foreign policy ????????????????????????????????????

Perhaps your watching too much of CNN,drama queen Anderson Cooper is actually a Vanderbuilt and CIA trained operative.

Boo, every news media is fake news as far as you're concerned... help me out here, which news media do you recommend I should get my source of information from?... which news source do you use to get your information since Reuters, Huffington Post and others are fake news outlets?.. surely youtube, WND, Breitbart News and FoxNews are not your only options

it was not a congratulatory call ...know your information before speaking out in defense... Trump and his team moon-walked and finally came out and stated that the called had been planned and set-up by TRUMP'S people as such.

Whisper: Should China dictate USA foreign policy ????...
I ask you... what is YOUR understanding of proper foreign political protocol? Trump is not President YET, he is only President elect.. listening to Trump's talking points and reading and believing conspiracies theories/stories and false news... seems YOU as a US political expert know more than those in US political offices at the WH about our relationship with China and the ONE China policy agreement. Next time I have need to know something politically...please feel free to remind me to contact you

Don't be too sure it will trigger a bust up.

What you need to understand about nationalist and authoritarian regimes like Trump, China and Putin is that when they're talking to outsiders they are in fact addressing their own people. Every action towards the outside world serves domestic political interests. China will know from its won experiences that Trump is talking to impress Trumpsters.

What you have to do to understand Trumpsters, Chinese nationalists and Putin's people is put yourself entirely in their shoes precisely because they're incapable of putting themselves in yours.