Traditional Diplomacy Is Under a Lot of Stress

Traditional Diplomacy Is Under a Lot of Stress
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The buzz in foreign policy circles this week has been over President-elect Donald Trump's phone conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, which overturned decades of protocol governing official U.S. contact with the government of Taiwan. It seems that the conversation was not a casual faux pas, but a purposeful decision by the Trump transition team. Now diplomats in Beijing and Washington have to cope with the fallout.

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