{"id":276113,"date":"2016-12-12T07:26:38","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T07:26:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=276113"},"modified":"2016-12-12T07:26:38","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T07:26:38","slug":"trump-hints-one-china-policy-could-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/trump-hints-one-china-policy-could-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hints ‘One China’ policy could end"},"content":{"rendered":"
President-elect Donald Trump has questioned whether the US should continue its “One China” policy, sparking fury from Chinese state media.<\/p>\n
Under the policy, the US has formal ties with China rather than the island of Taiwan, which China sees as a breakaway province.<\/p>\n
This principle has been crucial to US-China relations for decades.<\/p>\n
But Mr Trump said he saw no reason why this should continue without key concessions from Beijing.<\/p>\n
His comments prompted an angry response from Chinese state media. An editorial in the Global Times warned him that the “One China policy cannot be traded”.<\/p>\n
It comes after he took a phone call from Taiwan’s President, sparking a diplomatic row and a formal protest from Beijing.<\/p>\n
It was in 1979 that the US broke formal diplomatic ties with the self-ruled island of Taiwan and switched recognition to China, ushering in a new era of deepening ties.<\/p>\n
But even though formal diplomatic relations were broken, the US has maintained close unofficial ties with Taiwan over the years.<\/p>\n
‘Very disrespectful’<\/strong><\/p>\n In the interview, broadcast by Fox News on Sunday, Mr Trump said: “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.”<\/p>\n