January 23, 2017 6:36 PM

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China cautions Trump against rescinding one-China policy

China today played down fears of any trade war with America under Donald Trump's presidency but said the new administration has a responsibility to honour the promise of previous US governments to abide by 'one-China' policy on Taiwan.<br/><br/>Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying told media in Beijing that the one-China principle is the political foundation of China-US relations, outlining China's expectations of Trump. Any US administration has the responsibility to honour the bipartisan commitment of successive US governments to continue to uphold the one-China principle.<br/><br/>The US ties with Taiwan should be handled properly and prudently, she said, refraining from commenting on Trump's inaugural address. However, she asserted that there won't be any winner in any trade war between the two countries as US-China trade has created 2.6 million jobs in US. However, she outlined that following one-China policy is Beijing's major expectation from Trump.<br/><br/>She said, our overall expectations for China-US ties under Trump administration is that history and practice has shown that stable and consistent development of bilateral ties severed the interests of both the people and two countries and good for the peace and stability of the Asia Pacific and world.

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