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| Coalition stresses ‘national interest’ as Turnbull stays silent on Trump and Taiwan Coalition stresses ‘national interest’ as Turnbull stays silent on Trump and Taiwan | |
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| The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has refused to weigh into Donald Trump’s controversial phone call to the Taiwanese leader. | The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has refused to weigh into Donald Trump’s controversial phone call to the Taiwanese leader. |
| “I managed to avoid running a commentary during the course of the US election and I’m not going to embark on becoming a US politics commentator now,” he told reporters in Sydney on Sunday. | “I managed to avoid running a commentary during the course of the US election and I’m not going to embark on becoming a US politics commentator now,” he told reporters in Sydney on Sunday. |
| The US president-elect stirred diplomatic relations with China after taking an unusual step of speaking on the telephone to the leader of Taiwan, a self-governing island the US broke diplomatic ties with in 1979. | The US president-elect stirred diplomatic relations with China after taking an unusual step of speaking on the telephone to the leader of Taiwan, a self-governing island the US broke diplomatic ties with in 1979. |
| The government frontbencher Arthur Sinodinos says the only thing Australia should be concerned with is its own national interest. | The government frontbencher Arthur Sinodinos says the only thing Australia should be concerned with is its own national interest. |
| “Our national interest is to work with both the US and with China to keep them both engaged in a really productive way in the region,” Sinodinos told ABC television on Sunday. | “Our national interest is to work with both the US and with China to keep them both engaged in a really productive way in the region,” Sinodinos told ABC television on Sunday. |
| Trump’s conversation with the Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing-wen, drew an irritated, although understated, response from China. | Trump’s conversation with the Taiwanese president, Tsai Ing-wen, drew an irritated, although understated, response from China. |
| Its foreign affairs minister, Wang Yi, said the contact was “just a small trick by Taiwan” that he believed would not change US policy toward China, according to Hong Kong’s Phoenix TV. | Its foreign affairs minister, Wang Yi, said the contact was “just a small trick by Taiwan” that he believed would not change US policy toward China, according to Hong Kong’s Phoenix TV. |
| “The one-China policy is the cornerstone of the healthy development of China-US relations and we hope this political foundation will not be interfered with or damaged,” Wang was quoted as saying. | “The one-China policy is the cornerstone of the healthy development of China-US relations and we hope this political foundation will not be interfered with or damaged,” Wang was quoted as saying. |
| Chinese officials said they lodged a complaint with the US and reiterated a commitment to seeking “reunification” with the island, which they consider a renegade province. | Chinese officials said they lodged a complaint with the US and reiterated a commitment to seeking “reunification” with the island, which they consider a renegade province. |
| After the phone conversation on Friday, Trump tweeted that Tsai “CALLED ME”. | After the phone conversation on Friday, Trump tweeted that Tsai “CALLED ME”. |