US-China Relations on Brink: Trump's Taiwan Policy Raises Global Concerns In a move that has left many scratching their heads, President Trump continues to defy diplomatic norms by maintaining a policy that has the potential to spark a catastrophic conflict in the Asia-Pacific region. Just days after his historic 2016 election victory, Trump made headlines by accepting a congratulatory phone call from Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, a move that was seen as a brazen challenge to decades of US diplomatic protocol. Since then, Trump has continued to walk a tightrope on the sensitive issue of Taiwan's status, fueling concerns that his actions may be deliberately designed to provoke a reaction from China. As tensions between the US and China continue to escalate, the world waits with bated breath to see if Trump's unorthodox approach will ultimately lead to a full-blown crisis.
President Trump seems determined to break U.S.-China and U.S.-Taiwan relations in as many historic ways as possible, but he persists in retaining the one policy most likely to result in cross-strait, regional and potentially global war. Within days of his first election in 2016, the president-elect did what had been unprecedented until then — he accepted a congratulatory telephone...
