‘Donald Trump is ignorant and one-China negotiations won’t happen’, state media says
Editorial in state-run newspaper hits back at US-president elect after he questions whether Washington should be bound by one-China policy
China’s state-run Global Times went on the offensive on Monday after Donald Trump’s remarks questioning whether the US should continue its one-China policy.
In an editorial published on Monday, the Global Times, slammed the US president-elect for being “as ignorant as a child in terms of foreign policy” as it ruled out negotiation over the one-China policy.
Beijing would have no reason to “put peace above using force to take back Taiwan” if Trump abandoned the policy, which recognises Taiwan as part of China, stated the editorial in the state-run newspaper published by the People’s Daily.
Trump had on Sunday questioned during an interview on US news programme Fox News Sunday whether Washington should continue with the policy if Beijing did not make concessions on trade and other issues.
“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,” Trump said on the programme in response to a question on his taking a phone call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.