China To Trump: Twitter Shouldn't Be An 'Instrument Of Foreign Policy'
- 7 years ago
President-elect Donald Trump has yet to reveal how he intends to handle a number of policies and arrangements with many key nations, but he has apparently made jabs at some of them via Twitter.
President-elect Donald Trump has yet to reveal how he intends to handle a number of policies and arrangements with many key nations, but he has apparently made jabs at some of them via Twitter.
On Tuesday, officials and media in China reacted to two particular tweets Trump fired off on Monday evening.
The first read, “North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the U.S. It won't happen!”
Roughly 45 minutes later, Trump wrote, “China has been taking out massive amounts of money & wealth from the U.S. in totally one-sided trade, but won't help with North Korea. Nice!”
At a press briefing, Geng Shuang, spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, rebutted, saying the handling of the situation by the nation’s leadership is “widely recognized.”
He also commented, “we hope all sides will avoid remarks and actions to escalate the situation.”
That same day, a commentary published by Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, noted, “Everyone recognizes the common sense that foreign policy isn’t child’s play, and even less is it like doing business deals…Twitter shouldn’t become an instrument of foreign policy.”
Trump has targeted China in the past as well. After he was criticized for his protocol-breaking phone call with Taiwan's leader, Trump tweeted, "Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency (making it hard for our companies to compete), heavily tax our products going into their country (the U.S. doesn't tax them) or to build a massive military complex in the middle of the South China Sea? I don't think so!"
President-elect Donald Trump has yet to reveal how he intends to handle a number of policies and arrangements with many key nations, but he has apparently made jabs at some of them via Twitter.
On Tuesday, officials and media in China reacted to two particular tweets Trump fired off on Monday evening.
The first read, “North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the U.S. It won't happen!”
Roughly 45 minutes later, Trump wrote, “China has been taking out massive amounts of money & wealth from the U.S. in totally one-sided trade, but won't help with North Korea. Nice!”
At a press briefing, Geng Shuang, spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, rebutted, saying the handling of the situation by the nation’s leadership is “widely recognized.”
He also commented, “we hope all sides will avoid remarks and actions to escalate the situation.”
That same day, a commentary published by Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, noted, “Everyone recognizes the common sense that foreign policy isn’t child’s play, and even less is it like doing business deals…Twitter shouldn’t become an instrument of foreign policy.”
Trump has targeted China in the past as well. After he was criticized for his protocol-breaking phone call with Taiwan's leader, Trump tweeted, "Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency (making it hard for our companies to compete), heavily tax our products going into their country (the U.S. doesn't tax them) or to build a massive military complex in the middle of the South China Sea? I don't think so!"