China Blasts “Childish And Impulsive” Trump

NBC News reports:

China expressed “serious concern” Monday after President-elect Donald Trump suggested he might tear up the basis for decades of bilateral relations between Washington and Beijing.

Trump said Sunday that he could do away with the so-called “one-China” policy — an agreement by the United States to effectively side with China in its sovereignty dispute with the self-proclaimed republic of Taiwan. This brought a stinging rebuke from Beijing.

“China expresses serious concern on this subject,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang told reporters. “If the [one China policy] is compromised or interfered with, any sound and steady development in China-U.S. relations and cooperation in various fields is out of the question.”

The Global Times, a Chinese state-run newspaper, went further, accusing Trump of being “very childish and impulsive.” It said Trump’s comments wouldn’t be without consequences.

“China needs to prepare enough ammunition for a roller-coaster ride of the China-U.S. relations with Trump,” it said in editorial. “There are many other people in the world that also need to buckle up the seat belts.”