Aftermath of Trump Victory

[SANITY]

Donald Trump hinting an actual possible shift from US 'One China' policy or just showing his immaturity with respect to Sino-US ties?

President-elect Donald Trump has questioned whether the US should continue its "One China" policy.

US policy since 1979 has respected China's stance on Taiwan, which it sees as a breakaway province.

But Mr Trump said that without concessions from Beijing on trade and other issues, he did not see why that should continue.

Relations with China became strained when Mr Trump took a phone call from Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen.

Mr Trump went on to post a series of tweets criticising China for its exchange rate policy and its operations in the South China Sea.

Speaking in an interview with Fox News broadcast on Sunday, Mr Trump said: "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."

Mr Trump also said China was not co-operating with the US on its handling of its currency, on North Korea, or on tensions in the South China Sea.

In the same interview, Mr Trump said he "doesn't believe" a CIA assessment that Russian hackers tried to sway the US presidential election in his favour.

'Very disrespectful'
Mr Trump's decision to take a phone call from the Taiwanese president earlier this month was a break with US diplomatic tradition and prompted a formal protest from Beijing.

No US president or president-elect had spoken directly to a Taiwanese leader for decades.

But in the Fox interview, Mr Trump said it was not up to Beijing to decide whether he should take a call from Taiwan's leader.

"I don't want China dictating to me and this was a call put into me," Mr Trump said. "It was a very nice call. Short. And why should some other nation be able to say I can't take a call?

"I think it actually would've been very disrespectful, to be honest with you, not taking it."

'Bedrock of Sino-US relations' - By Michael Bristow, BBC China analyst
For China, it is difficult to think of a more important issue in its relations with other countries than the One China policy.

Beijing considers Taiwan part of its own territory - and insists that all its diplomatic partners publicly share this view.

Former US President Jimmy Carter had to cut official ties with Taiwan before he could open an embassy in Beijing in 1979.

The policy has been the bedrock of Sino-American relations ever since.

Mr Trump suggested the One China agreement could be used as a kind of bargaining chip in negotiations on other issues, such as trade. But it is hard to image the circumstances in which that might be acceptable in Beijing.

China recently played down a telephone call between Mr Trump and Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen.

But it will become increasingly alarmed if the US president-elect continues to suggest American policy towards China is about to change.

 

[SANITY]

Analyst calls for pressure on Trump after one-China policy comments

‘His knowledge on Sino-US ties superficial’
A Chinese analyst urged China to make US president-elect understand the importance and complexity of Sino-US ties and prevent him from being manipulated by some conservative forces after Trump questioned whether the US should continue its "one-China policy" Sunday unless Beijing makes concessions on trade and other issues.

"I don't want China dictating to me," Trump said as he made a vehement defense of his recent phone conversation with the Taiwan leader.

"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 added in the interview on Fox News Sunday.

He was responding to a question on his taking that call this month from Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen, breaking with decades of US diplomatic tradition that recognizes Beijing as the sole representative of China.

Trump said he had just a couple of hours' notice that the call was coming, not weeks or longer as has been reported.

Besides trade, Trump said China was not cooperating with America on its handling of its currency, on North Korea and its nuclear weapons, or on tensions in the South China Sea, where he said China is building "a massive fortress."

Trump said it would have been disrespectful not to take the call from Tsai, who he said wanted to congratulate him on his election win.

Li Haidong, professor of China Foreign Affairs University, attributes Trump's comments to his inexperience. "Trump is a novice at dealing with diplomatic and international relations issues," Li said, "He is inexperienced in sensitive and complicated issues except for business and trade. His knowledge about Sino-US relations, particularly the Taiwan question, is very superficial, which gives him the nerve to say whatever he likes."

"As a businessman, he thinks it's quite normal to do business, but he hasn't realized that the Taiwan question is not a business to China. The Taiwan question is not negotiable," Li added.

Li doesn't believe Trump has a plan to challenge the one-China policy by making such comments.

"It's still too early to come to that conclusion," Li said, adding "these ideas may come from some of his conservative consultants, not necessarily from him."

"His focus is on domestic issues such as the economy and employment, so perhaps he doesn't think very deeply about diplomatic issues," Li said, "in addition, Trump is highly unpredictable. Many of his remarks have shocked the American elites, but he's very fickle as well, he may eat his words sometime soon. "

Li said the mainstream of the US society are very clear about their China policies, of which the one-China policy is the core and the cornerstone. "Diplomatically, Trump is still immature, so we need to point out to him how serious the problem is and exert pressure on him."

"We should make him understand the importance and complexity of Sino-US ties and prevent him from being manipulated by some conservative forces," Li added.

 

[prohumanity]

Wait and keep an open mind about Trump's policies. The old guard, liberal mafia who control mainstream media is very upset as they had a certain foreign policy who nobody could challenge.

There is a lot of PUTINPHOBIA, IRAN HATING and sense of entitlement these old masters of Universe have.
Propaganda is out of control against Trump..I would say just wait and see what Trump really does...

The same gangsters were spreading all kind of bullSh*it against P M Modi...if they dont like someone they spread venom and demonize the person. Paid media does the hack job..

 

[ezsasa]

Funny how American media works...

Depending on the mood of American president, CNN's India map either leaves out PoK or marks it as a disputed territory.

But Aksai chin is always Chinese territory as per CNN maps.

I think I saw for the first time today that aksai chin as disputed territory. Let's see if this is a coincidence or intentional.

 

[Immanuel]

Trump sticking it to the Chinese is beautiful, finally a leader with some balls.

 

[airtel]

Workers assemble cars at a workshop in Shenyang, Liaoning province. Photo: AFP
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China to slap penalty on US carmaker, says report
A senior Chinese official insists no one should ‘read anything improper in the timing of the move,’ which is part of a government crackdown


By Reuters December 14, 2016 10:26 AM (UTC+8)
China will soon slap a penalty on an un-named US carmaker for monopolistic behaviour, the official China Daily newspaper reported on Wednesday, quoting a senior state planning official.

News of the penalty comes at a sensitive time for China-US relations after US president-elect Donald Trump called into question a long-standing US policy of acknowledging that Taiwan is part of “one China.”

Beijing maintains that self-ruled Taiwan is a wayward province of China and has never renounced the use of force to take it back.

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Investigators found the US company had instructed distributors to fix prices starting in 2014, Zhang Handong, director of the National Development and Reform Commission’s (NDRC) price supervision bureau, was quoted as saying.

In an exclusive interview with the newspaper Zhang said no one should “read anything improper” into the timing or target of the penalty.

The article did not give further details.

China, the world’s largest auto market, has become crucial to the strategies of car companies around the world, including major US players General Motors and Ford Motor.

“We are unaware of the issue,” said Mark Truby, Ford’s chief spokesman for its Asia-Pacific operations.

GM did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Comments unsettle companies
In a separate editorial, the China Daily urged Trump to recognise the importance of close economic ties between China and the United States rather than “trying to gain an upper hand in what is essentially a win-win relationship.”

“History proves that what it good for Sino-US relations is good for their economies,” it said, noting that Chinese customers bought more than a third of the 9.96 million vehicles GM sold worldwide last year.

“For the American economy to be great again … the US needs to cement its economic relations with China, rather than destroy them.”

Trump’s challenges to China on trade and Taiwan have rattled American companies who have long benefited from stable relations between the two countries, but now fear retaliation by Beijing if Trump were to act.

The penalty is part of a government crackdown on what it has called anti-trust behavior by foreign automakers and dealers.

It would be the second penalty by the NDRC this month and the seventh fine issued to carmakers since the commission began anti-monopoly investigations in 2011, the newspaper said.

Targeted firms have included Audi, Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz and Toyota Motor, and one of Nissan Motor’s joint ventures.

In 2011, China imposed duties of up to 22% on large cars and SUVs exported from the United States during a wide-ranging spat on trade and currencies that became a focus of criticism for US presidential candidates.


@amoy @Martian @J20! @SexyChineseLady

If US slap penalty on Chinese products in revenge, who is going to hurt first?


www.atimes.com/article/china-slap-penalty-us-carmaker-says-report/

 

[Chinmoy]

Now this is a bomb..............

Delhi stings US on Syria, voices Putin support.

http://epaper.telegraphindia.com/details/231389-14115765.html

 

[amoy]

If US slap penalty on Chinese products in revenge, who is going to hurt first?


www.atimes.com/article/china-slap-penalty-us-carmaker-says-report/

oh man, such an exchange of trade war happens over and over.

It's become a routine, regardless of Barack or Donald. Who's going to hurt first in the cross-fire? Hmmmm, it's but a foreplay to new compromises.

US files WTO case against China on Grain tariff rate quota
Press Trust of India | Washington December 15, 2016 Last Updated at 23:48 IST

"China's TRQ policies breach their WTO commitments and limit opportunities for US farmers to export competitively priced, high-quality grains to customers in China. The United States will aggressively pursue this challenge on behalf of American rice, wheat, and corn farmers," US Trade Representative Mike Froman said.

The complaint filed by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) charges that China's administration of its tariff-rate quota (TRQ) for these commodities breaches China's WTO commitments and undermines American farm exports.

In the 15th trade enforcement challenge that it has launched against China at the WTO, the USTR challenged China to hold to its trade commitments and help level the playing field for American rice, wheat, and corn farmers.

See? the 15th since 2009 !

 

[ezsasa]

there are a bunch of these, enjoy.....

Trump Talks To Obama, Dad To Dad - CONAN on TBS

 

[India22]

Bad days for education in US are ahead

 

[SANITY]

CIA 'is trying to ASSASSINATE Donald : Conspiracy Theory

 

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[Mikesingh]

By Carol Morello December 22

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday called for the United States to expand its nuclear arsenal, after Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country’s nuclear potential needs fortifying, raising the specter of a new arms race that would reverse decades of efforts to reduce the number and size of the two countries’ nuclear weapons.

In a tweet that offered no details, Trump said, “The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes.”

Trump’s position represents a radical shift in thinking. Russia and the United States have worked for decades at first limiting, and then reducing, the number and strength of nuclear arms they produced and maintained under a Cold War strategy of deterrence known as “mutually assured destruction.” Republican and Democratic presidents have pursued a policy of nuclear arms reduction.

Trump’s tweet came shortly after Putin, during a defense ministry meeting, talked tough on Russia’s stockpile of nuclear weapons. Putin said that Russia is the strongest nation in the world but that it cannot rest.

“We need to strengthen the military potential of strategic nuclear forces, especially with missile complexes that can reliably penetrate any existing and prospective missile defense systems,” Putin said in an apparent reference to a planned NATO troop buildup in Eastern Europe.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...m_term=.fae5c9372cf5&wpisrc=nl_evening&wpmm=1

So nuclear disarmament is being thrown out of the window. Pak will now be encouraged to produce more nuclear weapons taking a cue from the US who will have no right now to lecture Pakistan which has the fastest growing nuclear arsenal in the world, to reduce its nuke stockpile.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

USA won the arms race before and it will win again (if against russia only??)

 

[Razor]

Most of the US nuke missiles are almost 3-4 decades old.
While Russia is churning out new B missiles almost every half a decade.

For the US (and it's global policies/agenda) it (nukes) will be a drain; for russia, it will be an insurance policy against US.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

Most of the US nuke missiles are almost 3-4 decades old.
While Russia is churning out new B missiles almost every half a decade.

For the US (and it's global policies/agenda) it (nukes) will be a drain for russia, it will be an insurance policy against US.

Reagan brought down the Soviet (evil) empire without firing one bullet. US will do it again
from many different angles. China is not a reliable ally to Russia and only one left . China
was bought out by Nixon.

 

[Dovah]

Most of the US nuke missiles are almost 3-4 decades old.
While Russia is churning out new B missiles almost every half a decade.

For the US (and it's global policies/agenda) it (nukes) will be a drain for russia, it will be an insurance policy against US.

Me thinks it's US + Russia vs China as opposed to the usual US vs Russia. Putin also hinted towards overhauling nuclear delivery vectors a while back.

 

[Razor]

Reagan brought down the Soviet (evil) empire without firing one bullet. US will do it again
from many different angles. China is not a reliable ally to Russia and only one left . China
was bought out by Nixon.

Trump doesn't seem to like china much in fact he seems to view china as a threat.
And additionally trump seems to kinda admire putin; that is unprecedented from a major western politician?

 

[LETHALFORCE]

Most of the US nuke missiles are almost 3-4 decades old.
While Russia is churning out new B missiles almost every half a decade.

For the US (and it's global policies/agenda) it (nukes) will be a drain; for russia, it will be an insurance policy against US.

US has been developing similar weapons or more lethal like global /prompt strike ,
thermobaric bombs and hypersonic missiles etc. There has never been any lag in US
weapons even when there was better relations with Russia.