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  • The White House has reaffirmed that the United States still adheres to the "One China" policy,

  • which does not recognize Taiwan as its own sovereign nation.

  • White House spokesperson Josh Earnest said on Monday that officials within the Obama

  • administration don't understand why President-elect Donald Trump's recent phone conversation with

  • the Taiwanese leader took place, but assured that there would be no change in the official

  • U.S. position on the matter.

  • The two leaders held a ten minute phone conversation last Friday,... which Trump's inner circle

  • said was a courtesy call.

  • The Washington Post reported that the call was a intentional move that could signal the

  • Trump administration's new, robust approach to relations with China.

The White House has reaffirmed that the United States still adheres to the "One China" policy,

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