Trump phone call to Taiwan likely to infuriate China

[Jacque67 7,328]

President-elect Trump spoke with the president of Taiwan by phone on Friday in a move likely to infuriate Beijing and hinder US-China relations.

"President-elect Trump spoke with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, who offered her congratulations," according to a readout of the call released later by Trump's transition team.

"During the discussion, they noted the close economic, political, and security ties exists between Taiwan and the United States. President-elect Trump also congratulated President Tsai on becoming President of Taiwan earlier this year."

The call, first reported by the Financial Times, is the first time a US president has directly spoken with Taiwan's leadership in more than 30 years.

The US suspended formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1979 after establishing a One China position which states that "there is but one China and Taiwan is part of China" in an effort to establish diplomatic channels with Beijing.

Beijing views Taiwan as a province of China, whereas Taiwan which has its own democratically elected government has a more complicated view of the nations' relationship.

Ing-wen, who was elected the first woman president of Taiwan in May, told The Washington Post over the summer that she hopes Chinese president Xi Jinping "can appreciate that Taiwan is a democratic society in which the leader has to follow the will of the people."

Analysts were quick to point out that the phone call will likely infuriate Beijing.

"Trump has phone call w Taiwan President, 1st by US Pres or Pres-elect since 1979," goepolitical expert Ian Bremmer, president of Eurasia Group, tweeted on Friday. "Beijing will be absolutely incensed."

"Trump almost surely unaware of Taiwan-China sensitivities before taking President's call," Bremmer added. "They don't yet have Asia expertise on team."

Evan Medeiros, former Asia director at the White House national security council, told the Financial Times "the Chinese leadership will see this as a highly provocative action, of historic proportions."

Regardless if it was deliberate or accidental, this phone call will fundamentally change Chinas perceptions of Trumps strategic intentions for the negative," he said. "With this kind of move, Trump is setting a foundation of enduring mistrust and strategic competition for US-China relations."

Trump has apparently been considering building a luxury hotel chain in the northwest Taiwanese city of Taoyuan, the Shanghaiist reported last month.

Henry Kissinger who, as Secretary of State, arranged Nixon's initial trip to Beijing to establish ties in 1972 is currently visiting Beijing. Kissinger met with Trump at Trump Tower after the election and told reporters that Trump "has absolutely no baggage."

He has no obligation to any particular group because he has become a president on the basis of his own strategy and a program he put before the American public that his competitors did not present," Kissinger said. "So that is a unique situation.

Still, the Washington Post's Glenn Kessler noted that news of the phone call will likely give Kissinger "a heart attack."

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-phone-call-to-taiwan-likely-to-infuriate-china-2016-12

Edited December 2, 2016 by Jacque67

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I have a bigger problem with the fact that he keeps tweeting about things that he is doing or saying, or opinions people have of him. It is just embarrassing. Our future President needs to stop tweeting stream of consciousness tweets. No matter what he does, he should at least work on acting Presidential (respectable).

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I have a bigger problem with the fact that he keeps tweeting about things that he is doing or saying, or opinions people have of him. It is just embarrassing. Our future President needs to stop tweeting stream of consciousness tweets. No matter what he does, he should at least work on acting Presidential (respectable).

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[Jacque67 7,328]

Chinas Foreign Ministry has lodged an official complaint with the U.S. over President-elect Donald Trumps phone conversation with Taiwans president, a move which went against decades of diplomatic protocol. Trumps controversial decision to accept a call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen sparked major controversy Friday, as the U.S. has viewed Taiwan, a renegade province, as part of China since 1979, with no formal diplomatic relations between the two. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi labeled the phone conversation a shenanigan from the Taiwan side, hinting that it could damage U.S.-China relations.

[Jacque67 7,328]

http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/12/03/china-lodges-complaint-over-trump-s-taiwan-call.html

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[MarkPerry 488]

I have a bigger problem with the fact that he keeps tweeting about things that he is doing or saying, or opinions people have of him. It is just embarrassing. Our future President needs to stop tweeting stream of consciousness tweets. No matter what he does, he should at least work on acting Presidential (respectable).W

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[ready4ONE 5,400]

We had 8 years of and Idiot running the country, basically a coward and he has proved to be lost in leadership.

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[Jacque67 7,328]

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