Trump promises Chinese president he'll honor 'One China' policy

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

President Trump told Chinese President Xi Jinping Thursday night that he will honor the “One China” policy that recognizes Beijing as the only legitimate Chinese government.

The two leaders spoke by phone Thursday night, the White House said in a release, their first phone conversation since Trump’s inauguration.

“The two leaders discussed numerous topics and President Trump agreed, at the request of President Xi, to honor our ‘one China’ policy,” the release said. “Representatives of the United States and China will engage in discussions and negotiations on various issues of mutual interest.”

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The release came shortly after the publication of a New York Times report that described China as "stung" by Trump's call with Taiwan. Officials told the Times that Xi would not agree to speak with Trump until after his public acknowledgment of the policy, which in effect cuts off official governmental ties with Taiwan.

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Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/318874-trump-to-honor-one-china-policy

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

1. This is disappointing

Trump's ignorance of our schizophrenic policy towards Taiwan was something I thought could be potentially positive.

[cstanleytech]

6. It still can be down the road in four years. nt

[Hortensis]

9. Lol. Stay tuned.

China is China. And 45 is a dysfunctional buffoon.

[Zorro]

17. He's lying

[Midnight Writer]

2. Perhaps President Xi reminded President Trump who is holding his debts

[DK504]

20. Oooh Snap!!

Another facepalm.

[DonCoquixote]

3. I can assure you this was not done willingly.

Let's be honest, Bannon is aching for a fight with China as that would be the big, apocalyptic racial holy war that he wants so bad, one where most of us are dead. Vladimir Rasputin also wanted things to stay hot between China and the USA because Trump would be the proxy between Moscow and folks in Beijing who remember they already conquered Russia once, and that they could gladly play the role of Genghis Khan again.

Of course, I do not believe the sentiment is genuine, and I will bet Xi Jinping does not either. However, somebody new that we are not ready for any sort of war with China. However, if that somebody bucked Steve Bannon, you can tell that Stevie boy will do his best to get this country back on the war footing with Beijing that is the answer to his literal prayers. After all, it's not even one month since the inauguration and house Trump is already in a mess, the sort of mess that normally only gets founded when I will send pics of war that he cannot win.

[Ghost Dog]

8. Bannon wants perverted Holy Judeo-Christian War against Islam

so keeping China onside or at least out of it enables the attack on Iran.

[DonCoquixote]

18. well he has stated that China is the bigger threat

http://www.ibtimes.com/steve-bannon-china-us-war-china-over-south-china-sea-likely-5-10-years-2485126

[ananda]

19. Don't worry, 45/Bannon have turned Iran into a powderkeg!

They still might get their holy war.

[Ilsa]

11. I like your assessment.

I'm certainly not any more knowledgeable than any other adult on this, but given the players at the table, I think you're on target. And surely Bannon realizes China will need to buy more of our debt if we are going to finance another ME war.

[Hortensis]

12. I have this image of these factional hyenas maneuvering

to be the last to leave the room, "remembering" something important as they leave, closing the door behind the person walking just ahead, discovering fake rocks in shoes...

[TomCADem]

4. Trump Is At His Best When He Is Bullying the Powerless...

...but other Nation states with a decent military need not fear. Of course, this will just encourage an arms race.

[fleabiscuit]

7. Military spending has little to do with deterrent or war readiness anymore. nt

[W T F]

5. Trump apologizes for America. Sad

[truthisfreedom]

10. trump cries uncle to Xi, loses in unanimous decision regarding religious travel, and breaks law with

daughter. All in 3 days, all before forgetful Friday.

Best week so far.

[Achilleaze]

13. Republican flip floppery is pitiful to behold

[IntraPolitico]

14. Bookmarking this.

Just to make sure that when he goes against his word (which he will), I'll have some ammunition ready.

[SticksnStones]

15. Could the softening on China be about Jared's investments?

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-anbang-group-usa-kushner-idUSKBN14R0NA

China's Anbang Insurance Group is in talks to invest in a project to redevelop a flagship New York City building owned by Kushner Companies, the family real estate business run by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to a person familiar with the discussions

Who is Anbang anyway?

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/02/world/asia/china-anbang-insurance.html

After more than three months of combing through thousands of pages of records, The Times was able to piece together a corporate history for those 39 shareholders. One clear pattern emerged. At least 35 of the companies, collectively owning more than 92 percent of Anbang, can trace all or part of their ownership to relatives of Mr. Wu or to his wife, Zhuo Ran, who is the granddaughter of the former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping; or to Chen Xiaolu, the son of one of China’s most famous marshals, who helped Mao’s Communists to victory in 1949. Those relatives are either current or former owners or directors of those companies, or current or former owners of predecessor firms.

[bigworld]

16. I'm not convinced he knows what the "one China" policy is

I think he got owned by the Chinese president. Sad!

[saidsimplesimon]

21. Xi is flexing his muscles in

the S. China Sea as well. Rump is a pathetic negotiator. Please forgive me if someone on DU has already posted this story from The Associated Press

https://apnews.com/a81780e7ef584886855e0602051855da/US,-Chinese-aircraft-in-'unsafe'-encounter-over-S.-China-Sea

US, Chinese aircraft in 'unsafe' encounter over S. China Sea by Gillian Wong

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese early warning aircraft and a U.S. Navy patrol plane had an "unsafe" encounter over the South China Sea this week, the U.S. Pacific Command said Friday, in the first such incident known to have taken place under President Donald Trump's administration.

The interaction between a Chinese KJ-200 and a U.S. Navy P-3C plane took place on Wednesday in international airspace, Pacific Command spokesman Robert Shuford said. He did not say what was unsafe about the encounter, although the term usually implies planes flying too close to one another.
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However, the website of the Communist Party newspaper Global Times quoted an unidentified ministry official as saying that the Chinese pilot had responded in a "legal and professional manner."

"We hope the U.S. side will focus on the relationship between the two countries and two militaries in their entirety, adopt concrete measures and eliminate the root causes of accidental incidents between the two countries on sea and in the air," the unidentified official was quoted as saying.

Philippine Defense Department spokesman Arsenio Andolong also expressed concern because the incident happened near Scarborough Shoal, which is located within the Philippines' 200-mile exclusive economic zone but claimed by China, which seized it in 2012 after a tense standoff with Philippine vessels.
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