Trump's ploys leverage for cutting deals

CHINA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN LU KANG reiterated on Saturday that the one-China policy is the political foundation of Sino-US ties, and it is "nonnegotiable", after US president-elect Donald Trump told The Wall Street Journal on Friday that "Everything is under negotiation including one China." Beijing News commented on Monday:

Few now give Trump the benefit of the doubt with regard to his provocations on the one-China principle.

Apparently as a New York property mogul he believes that everything is business and is negotiable. What he has done in the past two months suggest that he will not be shy of using negotiation tricks in dealing with diplomatic affairs and is very likely to translate them into policies to "cut the best deal" he can for his country. That could involve constant provocations and sit-and-wait games.