“We’re really at a critical inflection point,” said Orville Schell, a scholar at the Asia Society and a chairman of the task force. The task force rebuked Mr. Trump’s questioning of the One China policy, by which the United States recognizes the government in Beijing, rather than that of Taiwan, as representing China. “China’s goal is clear: It wants to be a regional power,” said Mr. Li, who was not on the task force. As relations between Washington and Beijing started deteriorating, the task force was formed two years ago to make recommendations for the next president. The task force urged the administration to keep a strong military presence in Asia.

Source: New York Times February 07, 2017 02:00 UTC