China urges U.S. to block transit by Taiwan president

Yahoo News ^ | 6 Dec 2016 | Ben Blanchard and Bill Barreto

[mandaladon]

BEIJING/GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - China called on the United States on Tuesday not to let Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen transit there when she visits Guatemala next month, days after President-elect Donald Trump irked Beijing by speaking to Tsai in a break with decades of precedent.

China is deeply suspicious of Tsai, whom it thinks wants to push for the formal independence of Taiwan, a self-governing island that Beijing regards as a renegade province.

Her call with Trump on Friday was the first by a U.S. president-elect or president with a Taiwanese leader since President Jimmy Carter switched diplomatic recognition to China from Taiwan in 1979.

Tsai is due to visit Guatemala, one of its small band of diplomatic allies, on Jan. 11-12, its Foreign Minister Carlos Raul Morales told Reuters. He gave no details on what President Jimmy Morales and Tsai would discuss.

Taiwan's Liberty Times, considered close to Tsai's ruling Democratic Progressive Party, reported on Monday that she was planning to transit in New York early next month on her way to visit Central American allies Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador.

Taiwan has not formally confirmed Tsai's trip, but visits to its allies in the region are normally combined with transit stops in the United States and meetings with Taiwan-friendly officials.

Asked about the possibility of a Tsai stopover in the United States, China's Foreign Ministry said the "one China" principle, which states Taiwan is part of China, was commonly recognized by the international community.

"As for the issue you raise of a 'transit' in the United States by the leader of the Taiwan region, her real aim is self-evident," the ministry said in a statement sent to Reuters.

China hopes the United States "does not allow her transit, and does not send any wrong signals to 'Taiwan independence'

[refermech]

Absolutely, have to go after the employers too.

[cloudmountain]

Absolutely, have to go after the employers too.

One has to hit the TENDEREST spot of a human being: the pocketbook. For those who hire illegals:

-$10,000.00 fine for the FIRST offence;

--double that for the second offense;

---triple...etc.

[servantboy777]

>>Slap a 10% tariff on all their crap and see if that gets their attention<<

Folks should look at the labels of products they purchase. STOP buying Chi-com goods.

I realize it's difficult because so much is manufactured in China...but it can be done. I've done it for two decades now.

Appliances in my home are from the U.S., Canada or Messy-co. Furniture purchased at Gallery Furniture in Houston...where they advertise quality American made. My western boots made in Messy-co and so on.

Do I have Chinese made goods in my home...yep. Gotta say though, I always purchase American made when the product is available, sometimes ya just have no choice.

If Americans kept that mindset, check the labels, China would be in a recession by now.

[refermech]

I do the same by buying almost everything used. I get a good deal on the stuff I want, but my money isn’t going to china.

[servantboy777]

Not long ago, I went shopping for a pair of cowboy boots. When I went into Cavenders Western Wear, I'd say at least 60% of their boots were made in China. I had no idea they'd begun this practice.

So, when I was still on FB, I went out to Tony Lama site and Justin site...and wrote something like this, “The American Western boot made in CHINA! Are you kidding? I will never ever purchase a cowboy boot made in China”.

Then the FB likes started rolling in from others who didn't realize Tony Lama and Justin shipped these manufacturing jobs to China. Ping ping ping ping.

Not long after, marketing folks from both boot makers tried to stop the bleeding by posting something like, “We at Justin (Tony Lama) are proud of our quality...blah blah blah”.

What in sam hell do the chi-coms know about cowboy boots? A manufacturer knows full well the history behind these boots and the functionality they MUST posses.

I'll take a dirt nap before I'll ever purchase a cowboy boot made in China. Some things are just too sacred. lol

My latest pair...Dan Post! Whew hew.

[cpdiii]

No one stops the Chinese from welcoming dictators, with appalling human rights abuses, from visiting the mainland. None of the Chinese business who the United States of America permit transit and visit the American Homeland.

North Korea is the most evil regime on earth. It could not exist without the support of China. When China no longer supports this murderous regime perhaps we can talk about a phone call between Trump and the democratic leader of Tawain!!!!