February 27, 2017

"Except for the fact that it was bluntly straightforward, and the admission that he cherishes the 'very good' phone call he had with President Xi Jinping, US President Donald Trump's interview with Reuters on Thursday displayed worrying misperceptions. Misperceptions that may mislead his China policies, even derail bilateral ties.

His claim that China's installation of defense facilities in the South China Sea 'should not have been allowed' was not just Monday-morning quarterbacking. However, whether Washington likes it or not, as Beijing has stated, they are on Chinese territory, within Chinese sovereignty."

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