The News Lens
Date: 2016/12/19

U.S. President Barrack Obama has addressed relations between Taiwan, China and the United States. The comments, which were made at a press briefing in Washington on Dec. 16, follow the historic phone call between President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), and a subsequent series of statements where Trump challenged the U.S.’ status-quo policy to China-Taiwan relations.

President Obama was asked whether the policy needed “a fresh set of eyes” or if “unorthodox approaches” could put the U.S. on a “collision course” with China.

Obama said he was “somewhere in between,” noting both the benefits of “new perspectives,” but also cautioning the incoming administration it is important to have “all the information” before changing the country’s foreign policy direction.   [FULL  STORY]