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This R&D provides resources on President-elect Donald Trump’s recent phone call with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen. China blasted Trump for making the call, warning that it could endanger existing Sino-American relationship. However, analysts wonder if the call was a way for Trump to show strength to Chinese leaders, whom he appears headed on a collision course with regarding trade issues.
What is the Taiwan issue, and why is Donald Trump’s phone call so significant? @Max_Fisher explains. https://t.co/bJ6Q3j0ClR
— The New York Times (@nytimes) December 4, 2016
Donald Trump faces his first China crisis before even taking office https://t.co/S39vRm7254
— The Economist (@TheEconomist) December 5, 2016
Trump’s Taiwan call was a planned, intentionally provocative move, say people who were involved https://t.co/ZQicptTJF9
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 5, 2016
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