Africa: Is Trump Endangering Sino-American Relations?

28 December 2016
opinion

President-elect Donald Trump, true to form, has never been shy to speak out loud on issues other people in his position would approach with caution. More than any president-elect in recent history, Trump has made many controversial statements, months before he even takes office. The latest controversy and probably his biggest 'mis-statement' is to question America's continued commitment to a "One China Policy", which has been the cornerstone of Sino-US relations for 40 years.

In February 1972, president Richard Nixon, a man whose commendable legacy was unfortunately tarnished by the Watergate Scandal of June 17 1972, made an official visit to the Peoples Republic of China. It was the first by an American president since the establishment of the communist led Peoples Republic of China in 1949.

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