Im frances rivera. Major development when it comes to the president and foreign policy. Breaking overnight, President Trump has agreed to honor the u. S. s onechina policy. The white house says the president made this commitment while speaking with chinese president xi jinping last night. President trump previously said that he did not feel bound by the policy, which requires the u. S. To maintain only unofficial ties with taiwan. This major Development Comes just a day after chinese aircraft and a u. S. Navy patrol plane had a dangerous encounter in the South China Sea. Nbcs Janis Mackey Frayer is live in beijing. What is the latest . Reporter the call certainly does ease some of the tension. From chinas perspective, it had to happen. There are a few things that are more sensitive to beijing thand taiwan. It was xis request trump agreed to honor the policy that recognized taiwan as part of china. Nothing else could happen until that was acknowledged by him. This is a complete 180 for
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