With a 10-minute phone call and two tweets, Donald Trump inspired banner headlines and renewed hopes across Taiwan for a stronger partnership with the United States, while also inflaming the complex relationships between the U.S.,…
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Donald Trump Taiwan phone call: Behind China’s measured reaction
Research Fellow at United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney, Ashley Townshend told news.com.au that the call did indicate that Mr Trump and his team would probably push back more assertively on China.…
China Hushen 300 index futures open lower Monday
The index futures were launched at the China Financial Futures Exchange and started trading from April 16, 2010. The CFFEX has set the base value for all the four contracts at 3,399 points. . (This…
China lodges formal protest after Donald Trump call with Taiwan president
“We believe this is not something the shrewd Trump wants to do.” China’s official Xinhua news agency said Trump needed to know Beijing can be a “cooperative partner” as long as Washington respects China’s core…
Trump's Taiwan phone call will stun Beijing
The US president-elect’s decision to turn his back on four decades of US protocol on Taiwan and speak directly to a president of Taiwan will stun policymakers in Beijing. Since his election last month, they…
Trump speaks with Taiwan's president, risking China tensions
NEW YORK — President-elect Donald Trump spoke Friday with the president of Taiwan, a move that will be sure to anger China. It is highly unusual, probably unprecedented, for a U.S. president or president-elect to…
China lodges formal complaint with US over Donald Trump's call with president of Taiwan
“We have already made solemn representations about it to the relevant US side. It must be pointed out that there is only one China in the world. Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory,”…
What U.S. presidents said about ties with China and Taiwan
in response to a general question about China during a meeting with news editors: U.S. policy “does nothing to prohibit a future president or a future Congress, if we feel that Taiwan is unnecessarily endangered,…
Trump speaks directly with Taiwan's leader, irking China
… cornerstone of the healthy development of China-U.S. relations and we hope this political foundation will not be interfered with or damaged,” Wang was quoted as saying. Taiwan’s official Central News Agency said Edwin Feulner,…
China lodges protest after Trump call with Taiwan president
The 10-minute telephone call with Taiwan’s leadership was the first by a U.S. president-elect or president since President Jimmy Carter switched diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China in 1979, acknowledging Taiwan as part of “one…
China's Xi says military must be smaller, but more capable
The cuts come at a time of heightened economic uncertainty in China as growth slows and the leadership grapples … or even collapse at a single blow,” Xi said in comments carried by the official…
China lodges complaint with US over Trump's Taiwan phone call
In a more diplomatically worded article, Xinhua, China’s official news agency, urged Trump not to damage the “stability and maturity” of US-China relations. “China and the United States are not destined rivals. They can be…
China lodges complaint over Trump-Taiwan call
Meanwhile, former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger met with China’s President Xi Jinping Friday, China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reported. Kissinger — secretary of state from 1973-77 — is credited with secret diplomacy that…