Beijing has declared its readiness “to take the gloves off” in response to trump – RBC

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the Leading English-language newspaper of the Chinese leadership China Daily in its editorial warned Donald trump of a high price to pay for its policy towards Taiwan. Beijing will have to “remove the gloves”, said the material

the actions of the elected President of the USA of Donald trump in Taiwan is unlikely to be the result of “bragging or miscalculation”, most likely the next administration will try to use the refusal from the policy of “one China” as a trump card in the game, the state China Daily writes in its editorial on Monday, January 16.

the title of the article said that trump is “playing with fire”.

China is ready to take decisive action, and the abandonment of the policy of “one China,” it will cost US, the article says. “If trump is going to start with this course after taking office, the occurrence of a period of hard, destructive relationships is inevitable, since Beijing will have no choice but to take decisive action (gloves)”, — stated in the article.

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the authors noted that the previous administration understood the importance of the Taiwan issue in the relations with China, but an opening trump this “Pandora’s box” with the “lethal potential” can overturn fundamental solid Foundation on which to build relations between the two countries.

“It can be expensive”, — says the article. For the fact that the next President of the United States understood the sensitivity of this issue and the “severity of the consequences of their game with Taiwan”, will have to pay a high price. But it is worth it, concluded the authors. This rejection of this policy of the new US President they called a boon not only for the United States and China, but for the whole world.

China Daily reminded of trump contacts with rukovodstvom Taiwan after winning the election. In December, China officially expressed diplomatic protest after a telephone conversation trump with the President of Taiwan, Cai Inven. Chinese foreign Ministry said at the time that presented a “rigorous explanation” addressed to the “American side”, which urged a cautious approach to the Taiwan question, to avoid problems in relations between China and the United States. “The principle of one China” is the political Foundation of relations between China and the United States,” said Chinese foreign Ministry.

Later, foreign Ministry spokesman of China called team trump to adhere to the policy of “one China.” That the revision of the official U.S. policy toward Taiwan could lead to “significant consequences” to Sino-us relations and warned the incumbent President Barack Obama.

during the election campaign and after winning the election, trump has repeatedly criticized U.S.-China relations, which caused a sharp reaction in Beijing. On January 14 in an interview with The Wall Street Journal, trump said that he will not necessarily follow the American policy of “one China” as long as he sees progress with Beijing in respect of currency and methods of trading.

“Everything is negotiable, including the policy of “one China,” said trump on the question of whether he supports such a policy. Also the President-elect said that the United States “signed last year a contract for the supply of weapons to Taiwan by $ 2 billion,” but “can’t answer the phone.” “It would be rude not to answer,” concluded trump.