US President-elect Donald Trump has already caused problems with China---even before assuming office. China-bashing on the campaign trail gave way to a phone call with the leader of Taiwan, an unprecedented act that calls into question Washington's commitment to the One-China policy.
What can we expect in the coming years, confrontation or a mix of competition and cooperation? Nathan King talked to one Chinese scholar who thinks the road ahead will be very rocky indeed.
With Trump all over social media calling into question the fundamentals of the China-US relationship, Chinese and US citizens are asking what is next for relations between the two biggest economies.
Over a cup of coffee with Professor Xie Tao, from Beijing Foreign Studies University, CGTN reporter Nathan King began by asking him what would happen if the One-China policy was abandoned by Washington.
Professor Xie says any confrontation over Taiwan could be worse than the Taiwan Strait Crises of 1995 and 1996, and he sees other areas of conflict where there used to be cooperation. One of Trump’s campaign promises was also to step back from the world – America first is his motto- begging the question: Is China ready to fill any vacuum left by the US?
