Reality Check: Trump’s Taiwan Call Was a Step Toward Balanced Relations

By: Dan Blumenthal and Randall Schriver | THE NATIONAL INTEREST |

President-elect Donald Trump’s telephone conversation with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan was a good first step toward rebalancing a trilateral China-Taiwan-U.S. relationship that has been increasingly defined by the People’s Republic of China. This trend does not favor U.S. interests in peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait: it will lead to either the successful Chinese coercion of Taiwan and thus forced unification, or to Taiwan lashing out. …

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