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Miles Archer

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Mon Jan 9, 2017, 01:22 PM Jan 2017

11 days before the Inauguration and Trump has already been warned of "revenge" by Chinese media.

Chinese state tabloid warns Trump, end one China policy and China will take revenge

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-usa-taiwan-idUSKBN14T02Q?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

By Brenda Goh and J.R. Wu | SHANGHAI/TAIPEI

State-run Chinese tabloid Global Times warned U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that China would "take revenge" if he reneged on the one-China policy, only hours after Taiwan's president made a controversial stopover in Houston.

A photograph tweeted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott shows him meeting Tsai, with a small table between them adorned with the U.S., Texas and Taiwanese flags. Tsai's office said on Monday she also spoke by telephone with U.S. senator John McCain, head of the powerful Senate Committee on Armed Services. Tsai also met Texas Senator Ted Cruz.

"Sticking to (the one China) principle is not a capricious request by China upon U.S. presidents, but an obligation of U.S. presidents to maintain China-U.S. relations and respect the existing order of the Asia-Pacific," said the Global Times editorial on Sunday. The influential tabloid is published by the ruling Communist Party's official People's Daily.

"If Trump reneges on the one-China policy after taking office, the Chinese people will demand the government to take revenge. There is no room for bargaining," said the Global Times.

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11 days before the Inauguration and Trump has already been warned of "revenge" by Chinese media. (Original Post) Miles Archer Jan 2017 OP
OH NO, guess Trump troubles are coming to the surface. Thinkingabout Jan 2017 #1
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