Fewsmith in AP on Trump’s Taiwan Call
Joseph Fewsmith, Professor of International Relations at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, was recently interviewed on the growing backlash in China over a breach in protocol by President-Elect Donald Trump of a long-established United States policy toward Taiwan.
Fewsmith was quoted in a widely-syndicated December 13, 2016 article by the Associated Press entitled “Why China Sees Taiwan Issue as Non-Negotiable.”
From the text of the article:
Trump’s statement is an “act of incredible brinksmanship and hubris — something that threatens some four decades of diplomacy that has preserved peace and promoted prosperity,” Boston University China expert Joseph Fewsmith said in an email.
Although Beijing has so far been restrained in its response, should Trump continue on this tack, “China will react, and strongly,” Fewsmith said.
You can read the entire article here.
Fewsmith is Professor of International Relations and Political Science at Boston University. He is the author or editor of eight books, including, most recently, The Logic and Limits of Political Reform in China (January 2013). Fewsmith travels to China regularly and is active in the Association for Asian Studies and the American Political Science Association. Learn more about him here.