The China Post
Date: October 17, 2017
By: Liu Lee-jung and Evelyn Kao
TAIPEI (CNA) – A Taiwanese official expressed the hope on Tuesday that the United
President Donald Trump walks from Marine One to board Air Force One, Monday, Oct. 16, 2017, in Andrews Air Force Base, Md., en route Greenville, S.C., for a fundraiser for South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
States will not use Taiwan as a bargaining chip or sacrifice ties with Taipei to strengthen relations with Beijing when U.S. President Donald Trump visits China in November.
Trump will make his first trip to China next month and will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping for the third time.
Taiwan has always paid close attention to high-level U.S.-China talks and has already begun discussing Trump’s visit to Asia with the U.S. side, said Chen Li-kuo (陳立國), the head of the Department of North American Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In terms of Washington’s Asia strategy, Taiwan is trying to get a better understand Trump’s regional security policy, such as its policy toward North Korea, according to Chen. [FULL STORY]
