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| Donald Trump says 'I don't want China dictating to me' signalling President-elect could abandon decades-old foreign policy | Donald Trump says 'I don't want China dictating to me' signalling President-elect could abandon decades-old foreign policy |
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| Donald Trump has questioned whether the US should continue its support for the “One China” policy unless Beijing makes concessions on trade and other issues. | |
| “I don’t want China dictating to me”, he said while defending his recent phone call with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. | “I don’t want China dictating to me”, he said while defending his recent phone call with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. |
| In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, he 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.” | In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, he 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.” |
| The President-elect was responding to a question about his phone conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, which represented a break with decades of US diplomatic tradition that recognises Beijing as the sole representative of China. | The President-elect was responding to a question about his phone conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, which represented a break with decades of US diplomatic tradition that recognises Beijing as the sole representative of China. |
| Mr Trump said he had only a few hours notice that the call was coming and that reports it had been prearranged by his team were false. | Mr Trump said he had only a few hours notice that the call was coming and that reports it had been prearranged by his team were false. |
| The “One China” policy means Beijing and Washington both consider Taiwan a part of China. | The “One China” policy means Beijing and Washington both consider Taiwan a part of China. |
| Mr Trump went on to claim China was also a currency manipulator and needed to do more to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions. | Mr Trump went on to claim China was also a currency manipulator and needed to do more to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions. |
| He said that as North Korea's main patron, China “could solve that problem” but “they're not helping at all” and also criticised China's aggressive actions in the South China Sea. | He said that as North Korea's main patron, China “could solve that problem” but “they're not helping at all” and also criticised China's aggressive actions in the South China Sea. |
| The billionaire said it would have been disrespectful not to take the call from Ms Tsai, who had congratulated him on his victory. | The billionaire said it would have been disrespectful not to take the call from Ms Tsai, who had congratulated him on his victory. |
| He said: “It was a very nice call. Short. And why should some other nation be able to say I can't take a call?” | He said: “It was a very nice call. Short. And why should some other nation be able to say I can't take a call?” |
| The “One China” policy grew out of the ending of the Chinese Civil War in the late 1940s when the Nationalist government under Chiang Kai-shek was overthrown by the Communists, forming the People’s Republic of China, and fled to the island of Formosa (now Taiwan) – where they formed the Republic of China. | The “One China” policy grew out of the ending of the Chinese Civil War in the late 1940s when the Nationalist government under Chiang Kai-shek was overthrown by the Communists, forming the People’s Republic of China, and fled to the island of Formosa (now Taiwan) – where they formed the Republic of China. |
| At the time the Nationalists vowed to return to Beijing and for many years Western powers recognised them as the official rulers of China. | At the time the Nationalists vowed to return to Beijing and for many years Western powers recognised them as the official rulers of China. |
| But the US first formally adopted the “One China” policy in 1972 when President Richard Nixon opened up relations with China under the ailing Chairman Mao Tse-tung – despite continuing informal relations with Taipei. | But the US first formally adopted the “One China” policy in 1972 when President Richard Nixon opened up relations with China under the ailing Chairman Mao Tse-tung – despite continuing informal relations with Taipei. |
| The People's Republic of China had replaced the Republic of China as a permanent member of the UN Security Council a year earlier. | The People's Republic of China had replaced the Republic of China as a permanent member of the UN Security Council a year earlier. |
| In recent years a movement has grown in Taiwan calling for the government to declare official independence from the Chinese mainland – something Beijing fiercely opposes. | In recent years a movement has grown in Taiwan calling for the government to declare official independence from the Chinese mainland – something Beijing fiercely opposes. |
| Additional reporting by agencies | Additional reporting by agencies |