One-China Policy: Taiwan and Relations

one-china policy: In an interview with The Wall Street Journal published Friday, Trump again raised the prospect of using Taiwan as a bargaining chip in Sino-U.S. relations, according to The Japan Times. Asked if he supported the one-China policy on Taiwan, Trump said Everything is under negotiation, including one China. Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang on Saturday called the one-China principle nonnegotiable and the political foundation of China-U.S. relations. Washington recognized Beijing diplomatically as the one China in 1979, and has kept only unofficial ties with Taiwan since then though it has sold arms to Taipei under the Taiwan Relations Act, including some 1.83 billion worth in 2015. That call was believed to be the first time an American president or president-elect had publicly spoken with Taiwan's leader since official diplomatic ties were switched to Beijing. Suggestions in the past that the U.S. may change its stance have been met with alarm in Beijing, including after Trump's unprecedented phone call with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Dec. 2. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.