Asia Times: Trump Strikes at Core of U.S.-China Ties with Taiwan Rethink

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump continued to hammer away at the linchpin of U.S.-China relations this week, questioning the One China policy on Taiwan.

Trump on Sunday asserted he recognizes the principle behind regarding China’s communist government as the sole authority in China. But in a televised interview he challenged the leverage that policy has given Beijing.

"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.

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