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| China should be prepared to invade Taiwan after Donald Trump questions One China Policy, says state-owned newspaper | |
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| China should be prepared to take Taiwan by force, a state-run newspaper has said, following US President-elect Donald Trump's controversial decision to break with decades of protocol and engage with Taiwan. | China should be prepared to take Taiwan by force, a state-run newspaper has said, following US President-elect Donald Trump's controversial decision to break with decades of protocol and engage with Taiwan. |
| The President-elect provoked uproar after he spoke directly with Taiwan’s president, the first time the countries' leaders have talked since 1979. | The President-elect provoked uproar after he spoke directly with Taiwan’s president, the first time the countries' leaders have talked since 1979. |
| The controversy intensified after he indicated his administration could exploit the four-decade long “One China Policy” in future negotiations with Beijing. | The controversy intensified after he indicated his administration could exploit the four-decade long “One China Policy” in future negotiations with Beijing. |
| The arrangement stipulates that a nation can maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan or China, but not both. | The arrangement stipulates that a nation can maintain formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan or China, but not both. |
| “The Chinese mainland should display its resolution to recover Taiwan by force,” an editorial in the Global Times, a communist state-owned daily said. | “The Chinese mainland should display its resolution to recover Taiwan by force,” an editorial in the Global Times, a communist state-owned daily said. |
| The threat of military action was needed to maintain peace, the editorial insisted, saying: “Peace does not belong to cowards.” | The threat of military action was needed to maintain peace, the editorial insisted, saying: “Peace does not belong to cowards.” |
| “If the Chinese mainland won't pile on more pressure over realising reunification by using force, the chance of peaceful unification will only slip away,” it added. | “If the Chinese mainland won't pile on more pressure over realising reunification by using force, the chance of peaceful unification will only slip away,” it added. |
| China has acted in recent years to encourage trade with Taiwan, but relations cooled earlier in 2015 after the island elected Tsai Ing-wen as it’s President, whose Deocratic Progressive Party (DPP) has traditionally supported formal independence from China, rather than the current state of de facto autonomy. | China has acted in recent years to encourage trade with Taiwan, but relations cooled earlier in 2015 after the island elected Tsai Ing-wen as it’s President, whose Deocratic Progressive Party (DPP) has traditionally supported formal independence from China, rather than the current state of de facto autonomy. |
| “The military status quo across the Taiwan Straits needs to be reshaped as a response and punishment to the current administration of the DPP’s destruction of the political status quo in cross-Straits ties,” the editorial said. | “The military status quo across the Taiwan Straits needs to be reshaped as a response and punishment to the current administration of the DPP’s destruction of the political status quo in cross-Straits ties,” the editorial said. |
| Mr Trump has previously said he would use the One China policy as leverage over Beijing in future negotiations. | Mr Trump has previously said he would use the One China policy as leverage over Beijing in future negotiations. |
| “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,” he said in an interview with Fox News. | “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,” he said in an interview with Fox News. |
| Beijing responded saying it would never bargain with Washington over issues of national sovereignty and urging the incoming administration to “recognise the sensitivity of the Taiwan question”. | Beijing responded saying it would never bargain with Washington over issues of national sovereignty and urging the incoming administration to “recognise the sensitivity of the Taiwan question”. |
| Ambassador Cui Tiankai, told US company executives: “Basic norms of international relations should be observed, not ignored, certainly not be seen as something you can trade off. | Ambassador Cui Tiankai, told US company executives: “Basic norms of international relations should be observed, not ignored, certainly not be seen as something you can trade off. |
| “And indeed, national sovereignty and territorial integrity are not bargaining chips. Absolutely not. I hope everybody would understand that,” Reuters quoted him as saying. | “And indeed, national sovereignty and territorial integrity are not bargaining chips. Absolutely not. I hope everybody would understand that,” Reuters quoted him as saying. |
| The Global Times said “time will tell” whether the Trump administration would “willfully utilise the One China policy as leverage to blackmail Beijing or restrain itself in actual practice”. | The Global Times said “time will tell” whether the Trump administration would “willfully utilise the One China policy as leverage to blackmail Beijing or restrain itself in actual practice”. |
| “In any case, the current farce has made China vigilant," it added. | “In any case, the current farce has made China vigilant," it added. |
| Earlier this month the state-owned newspaper launched an attack on the US President-elect, saying he had "overestimated the US's capability of dominating the world" and "probably has no knowledge of what he is talking about" with regards to China-Taiwan relations. | Earlier this month the state-owned newspaper launched an attack on the US President-elect, saying he had "overestimated the US's capability of dominating the world" and "probably has no knowledge of what he is talking about" with regards to China-Taiwan relations. |