Taiwan’s Tsai: no major policy shifts, despite Trump call

Her remarks reflected a cautious posture taken by others in her administration since Mr. Trump tweeted about the call, which has been widely perceived as a historic nod by the incoming USA administration to Taiwanese sovereignty, and has prompted outrage from Beijing.

Trump’s call with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen represented a breach of U.S. diplomatic precedent, since the United States recognizes Taiwan as part of China.

“It is unclear to me how that kind of effect benefits the people of Taiwan”, he said. “And I think for him to not take a congratulatory call would in and of itself be considered a snub”.

Trump team adviser has said that a meeting between Trump and Tsai would be “very unlikely” if she went through NY on her way to Guatemala. “I think the purists are flapping their wings and saying all kinds of things. I’m just not going to be doing that”.

However, the Taiwanese lawmaker said that he was not a Trump fan mainly when it comes to his remarks on women and ethnic minorities.

But people familiar with Trump’s strategy say that the president-elect was fully aware of USA relations with China and Taiwan, and had planned the call for some weeks, according to the Washington Post.

The Obama administration was forced into damage-limitation after the call last week, with Mr Earnest adding: “If the President-elect’s team has a different aim, I’ll leave it to them to describe”.

Lu would not be drawn on directly commenting on Trump’s tweets, but defended the China-US relationship. China, one of the United States’ premier nuclear rivals and a frequent target of Trump’s mockery, did not take kindly to news of the call.

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s phone call with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) marks a departure from a long held “myth” in Washington as does his response to criticism that accepting the call from Taiwan risks upsetting ties with China, a former White House official said Tuesday in Taipei. China, which claims Taiwan as a breakaway province, objects to any nation having formal contact with its government. We should not be afraid to displease the Chinese government when we have good reason.

In Taipei, presidential spokesman Alex Huang said Wednesday that Taiwan considered it of equal importance to maintain good relations with both the US and China, but also took a swipe at China’s response. Republican Trump, a real estate developer who has never previously held public office, takes office on January 20 after winning the November 8 election.

On Nov. 25, Rohrabacher announced on Twitter that he is in consideration by the Trump administration for Secretary of State.