US President-elect Donald Trump’s phone conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen was exaggerated in the media to take away attention from President Barack Obama’s “belligerence” against Beijing, says an analyst in Chicago.
Stephen Lendman, an author and radio host, said Trump’s call earlier this week did not breach Washington’s “one-China” policy, which was adopted in late 1970s.
The phone conversation angered the Chinese government, which views Taiwan as a breakaway province awaiting reunification.
The conversation was a first by a US president or president-elect since Washington cut ties with Taiwan in 1979 and committed to the “one-China” principle, which recognizes Taiwan as a part of China.
According to White House spokesman Josh Earnest, senior National Security Council officials have spoken twice with Chinese officials since the phone call, reassuring them about Washington’s commitment to “our longstanding China…