China: Serious concern over Trump's Taiwan stance

(12 Dec 2016) China said on Monday it has "serious concerns" about US President-elect Donald Trump's latest comments suggesting he is reconsidering America's relationship with Taiwan. Geng Shuang, a spokesman for the Chinese foreign ministry, said at a regular briefing that Trump's comments in a television interview over the weekend raised the possibility that US-China relations would be "badly affected." Geng said the "one China" policy was the "political foundation" of any Sino-American ties. The United States switched relations from Taipei to Beijing in 1979. China considers Taiwan to be part of China and any reference to a separate Taiwanese government as a grave insult. But Trump said on "Fox News Sunday" that he doesn't feel "bound by a One-China policy unless we make a deal with China having to do with other things, including trade." Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...