WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- A top aide to U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday reiterated the stance of the current administration that the One-China policy is "not negotiable," slamming any effort to reopen the issue as "dangerous."
"It's not negotiable in the sense that our entire relationship with China is founded upon the One-China policy. That was a basis for the Shanghai Communique and the reestablishment of diplomatic relations," Ben Rhodes, Obama's deputy national security advisor, said at a briefing in Washington.
Rhodes called the One-China policy "an agreement we reached with the biggest country in the world" and "the framework under which we do everything."
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Friday, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said that the One-China policy is up for negotiation and that he is not fully committed to it.
In response to Trump's remarks, China's foreign ministry said on Saturday that the One-China policy is the political foundation of bilateral ties and "is non-negotiable."
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