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If Rex Tillerson wants to block the S. China Sea from PLAN, China should start promoting patriotic cruises to man-made islands. It's going to look ridiculous if the 7th Fleet starts harassing Passenger Ships with Destroyers and Hornets. Moreover, short from hostile action like ramming and boarding ships, they won't be able to China from assert its claim with hundreds of Chinese back and forth from it without looking like the Villain. Especially since the US's pretext is "protecting international waters" and so US would be violating Freedom of Navigation in doing so.

like someone already said, the way to block chinese access is to declare war on china

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BEIJING: China will “take off the gloves” and take strong action if US President-elect Donald Trump continues to provoke Beijing over Taiwan once he assumes office, two leading state-run newspapers said on Monday.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal published on Friday, Trump said the “One China” policy was up for negotiation. China’s foreign ministry, in response, said, “One China” was the foundation of China-US ties and was non-negotiable.

Trump broke with decades of precedent last month by taking a congratulatory telephone call from Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, angering Beijing, which sees Taiwan as part of China.

“If Trump is determined to use this gambit in taking office, a period of fierce, damaging interactions will be unavoidable, as Beijing will have no choice but to take off the gloves,” the English-language China Daily said.

The Global Times, an influential state-run tabloid, echoed the China Daily, saying Beijing would take “strong countermeasures” against Trump’s attempt to “impair” the “One China” principle.

“The Chinese mainland will be prompted to speed up Taiwan reunification and mercilessly combat those who advocate Taiwan’s independence,” the paper said in an editorial.

The Trump transition team did not respond to Reuters’ request for comment on the Chinese articles. The Republican president-elect is sworn in on Friday.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said the United States was clearly aware of China’s position on “One China.”

“Any person should understand that in this world there are certain things that cannot be traded or bought and sold,” she told a daily news briefing.

“The One-China principle is the precondition and political basis for any country having relations with China.”

Hua added, “If anyone attempts to damage the One China principle or if they are under the illusion they can use this as a bargaining chip, they will be opposed by the Chinese government and people.

“In the end, it will be like lifting a rock to drop it on one’s own feet,” she said, without elaborating.

The administration of President Barack Obama has repeatedly reinforced the US commitment to the one China policy since Trump’s call with the Taiwanese leader.

A senior Obama administration official said on Monday the use of state media rather than a more formal statement or a speech indicated the Chinese want Trump to know they are not “spoiling for a fight, but are trying to warn him against provoking one that would end badly for everyone.”

The situation may be more volatile than the president-elect realises, the official said Monday on the condition of anonymity to avoid publicly criticising Trump’s remarks. Chinese president Xi Jinping is concentrating more power in his own hands, including command of the military, and increasingly invokes nationalism as China tries to shift toward a domestic consumption-based economy from an export-driven one, the official said.

TAIWAN MAY BE “SACRIFICED”

The Global Times said Trump’s endorsement of Taiwan was merely a ploy to further his administration’s short-term interests, adding: “Taiwan may be sacrificed as a result of this despicable strategy.”

“If you do not beat them until they are bloody and bruised, then they will not retreat,” Yang Yizhou, deputy head of China’s government-run All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots, told an academic meeting on cross-straits relations in Beijing on Saturday.

Taiwan independence must “pay a cost” for every step forward taken, “we must use bloodstained facts to show them that the road is blocked,” Yang said, according to a Monday report on the meeting by the official People’s Daily Overseas Edition.

The United States, which switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979, has acknowledged the Chinese position that there is only “One China” and that Taiwan is part of it.

The China Daily said Beijing’s relatively measured response to Trump’s comments in the Wall Street Journal “can only come from a genuine, sincere wish that the less-than-desirable, yet by-and-large manageable, big picture of China-US relations will not be derailed before Trump even enters office”.

But China should not count on the assumption that Trump’s Taiwan moves are “a pre-inauguration bluff, and instead be prepared for him to continue backing his bet”.

“It may be costly. But it will prove a worthy price to pay to make the next US president aware of the special sensitivity, and serious consequences of his Taiwan game,” said the national daily.

http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/201...-trump-continues-on-taiwan-state-media-warns/

They shouldn't wait for Trump they should act now especially on Taiwan

Correct. China is going to throw a seriously harsh hissy fit over Taiwan.

A top advisor of Donald Trump’s transition team, on a visit to China, has revealed that the U.S. President-elect had declined the Dalai Lama’s request for a meeting, signalling the new administration’s openness to a policy review on Tibet.

Chinese website mingpao.com is reporting that in an interview with China Central Television (CCTV), Michael Pillsbury said that the Dalai Lama had once expressed his wish to meet Mr. Trump, but this was turned down. However, Mr. Pillsbury, who was in China last week to participate in the Pangoal Think Tank forum, insisted that he was not a representative of the Trump administration in waiting.

Any shift in U.S. position on the Dalai Lama is bound to have a downstream impact on India, which hosts the Tibetan leader in exile. Last month the Chinese foreign ministry expressed its “strong opposition” to the Dalai Lama’s meeting with President Pranab Mukherjee at a Rashtrapati Bhavan function.

In an article in The National Interest, which was published on the eve of his arrival at the forum, Mr. Pillsbury said that one of China’s longstanding demands is a ban on White House meetings with the Dalai Lama.

“As President, (Mr.) Trump could decline to meet with the Dalai Lama. He could also imitate his predecessor by merely ‘privately’ meeting with the Dalai Lama and having him leave the White House through the back door amidst piles of trash, then release a photo of the embarrassing scene, as (Mr.) Obama did.”

He added, “The Dalai Lama has already held a press conference at which he stated his desire to come to Washington to meet President Trump. The Chinese have specifically asked that this visit by the Tibetan leader not take place. The United States’ approach to the Dalai Lama — and Tibet as a whole — is one of several sources of Chinese anxiety.”

Mr. Pillsbury pointed out that Mr. Trump’s position on the status of Arunachal Pradesh, and arms sales to India, would also be of major concern to China.

“China claims Arunachal Pradesh, a large province of north-eastern India. Beijing calls it South Tibet. Indians have been engaged recently in a military build-up to protect this province. They have asked other countries to support their claim to the territory. So far, the United States has not taken a position, despite subtle advances from Indian Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi.”

He added, “Interestingly, (Mr.) Modi’s election platform in 2014 — as (Mr.) Trump’s new chief of strategy, Steve Bannon, pointed out at the time — was part of a rising global populist movement. The Indian media has suggested that (Mr.) Modi seeks an early meeting with President Trump. The topics of the Chinese territorial claim and the Chinese military build-up against India in the past decade would clearly be on (Mr.) Modi’s agenda. Whether President Trump supports India’s claim to Arunachal Pradesh and continues U.S. arms sales to India already requested by (Mr.) Modi, now America’s largest customer of weapons, is another Chinese worry about the coming year.”

U.S. Ambassador to India Richard Verma had visited Arunachal Pradesh on October 21 to attend a three-day local festival in Tawang, drawing strong criticism from China.The website mingpao.com underscored that during his stay in China, Mr. Pillsbury also disclosed that India wants the Trump administration to acknowledge South Tibet — the Chinese name for Arunachal Pradesh —as part of Indian territory.

http://www.thehindu.com/news/intern...pt-on-Tibet/article17049352.ece?homepage=true

what actual clout does Dalai lama in exile hold?

Path-Finder said:

what actual clout does Dalai lama in exile hold?

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In reality, none- he's jsut a posterboy for the US to maintain political instability in Tibet and he survives on the CIA's payroll

eldarlmari said:

In reality, none- he's jsut a posterboy for the US to maintain political instability in Tibet and he survives on the CIA's payroll

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I though the same once the Dalai lama passes away then what will india and US have to dangle at China with!

Trump will not pander to the Hollywood liberals, who are tight with Tibet. Trump most likely will sell weapon to Taiwan or raise up SCS issues and ignore the liberal pet project "Tibet"

China is strangling the amount of nations willing to allow for the Dalai Lama to visit.

I can't find the news I read this morning about how Mongolia apologized and agreed to not invite the Dalai again after crowds who recognize him as a spiritual leader came to see him.

Path-Finder said:

I though the same once the Dalai lama passes away then what will india and US have to dangle at China with!

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Dalai lama has already appointed his successor.
So no matter when he passes away, his legacy will continue forever.

neem456 said:

Dalai lama has already appointed his successor.
So no matter when he passes away, his legacy will continue forever.

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is his successor from Tibet? Will he live in India as well?

neem456 said:

Dalai lama has already appointed his successor.
So no matter when he passes away, his legacy will continue forever.

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This is a false statement.
Please support your statements by providing some reputable links.

eldarlmari said:

In reality, none- he's jsut a posterboy for the US to maintain political instability in Tibet and he survives on the CIA's payroll

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_Tibetan_program

said to be discontinued- but we will never know.

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