Backing away from a fight, Trump to honor one-China policy

[riversedge]

Trump thought he knew it all. Love the headline on this issue--Trump backing away!


Backing away from a fight, Trump to honor one-China policy

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/trump-agrees-to-honor-one-china-policy-in-call-to-xi-jinping/2017/02/10/ea6e7ece-ef4a-11e6-9973-c5efb7ccfb0d_story.html?utm_term=.eb7230858ca9



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President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping (Jim Lo Scalzo/Filip Singer/European Press photo Agency)




By Simon Denyer and Philip Rucker February 10 at 5:54 AM

BEIJING — President Trump just backed down from what could have been a serious fight with China.

On Thursday evening in Washington, he appeared to shy away from confrontation with Beijing by agreeing to honor the one-China policy, during a lengthy telephone call with China’s President Xi Jinping.

The move is set to ease tensions between the world’s two most powerful nations: relations had been inflamed after Trump suggested he would only commit to the one-China policy if Beijing addressed his concerns about trade and currency issues.



Experts had previously noted with concern that Trump had not spoken to Xi since his inauguration, despite speaking or meeting with at least 18 other world leaders — although the two men did talk by phone days after Trump’s election victory.

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China has expressed "serious concern" after President-elect Donald Trump said the United States would not necessarily be bound by the One China policy unless it could “make a deal,” potentially on U.S.-China trade. (Jason Aldag/The Washington Post)

In a statement issued late Thursday, the White House said the two men had held a lengthy and “extremely cordial” conversation.

“The two leaders discussed numerous topics and President Trump agreed, at the request of President Xi, to honor our one-China policy,” the White House statement said..................

[chelsea0011]

1. Backing down to Jina. Yet another poke in the eye to his brain dead supporters.

[Afromania]

2. 45* is the living breathing avatar of the internet toughguy

[orwell]

3. Did we win again...

...are we tired of all the "winning" yet...