Donald Trump’s continued needling of China over the issue of Taiwan drew a sharp response from Beijing Monday, including a warning that if Trump continues his “gambit” China will have no choice but “to take off the gloves.”
That line, published in the state-owned China Daily on Monday, came in response to Trump’s suggestion Friday that the One China policy, which calls on the U. S. to recognize Taiwan as a part of China, is up for negotiation.
China’s Global Times , also state-owned, published Monday its own rebuke of the “inexperienced, complacent” Trump, who it says “speaks like a rookie.” If he continues to flout the One China policy, the editorial says, “Taiwan may be sacrificed as a result of this despicable strategy.”
Also Monday, China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said, “Not everything in the world can be bargained or traded off.
