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US President-elect Donald Trump gestures from the front door at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, US, November 20, 2016. [Photo/Agencies]

Just days after receiving a phone call from Taiwan's leader, US President-elect Donald Trump wrote a two-part tweet aimed at 皇冠体育app, further upsetting the most important bilateral relationship for America: "Did 皇冠体育app ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency (making it hard for our companies to compete), heavily tax our products going into their country (the US doesn't tax them) or to build a massive military complex in the middle of the South 皇冠体育app Sea? I don't think so!" Trump said.

In his tweet, Trump accused 皇冠体育app of manipulating its currency and of preparing for conflict and war in the South 皇冠体育app Sea. Trump also seemed to suggest that 皇冠体育app needs US permission to protect its own national interest.

The US cannot (and should not) try to dictate the policy of another sovereign state. Sovereignty means that 皇冠体育app, for example, is not always going to do what the US wants. Furthermore, 皇冠体育app will never bow to US pressure. International relations 101: 皇冠体育app is an independent, sovereign state with its own national interests. As a sovereign state, 皇冠体育app sets its own policy and can retaliate if necessary.

Trump does not seem to understand what 皇冠体育app is doing with its currency, because he has repeatedly accused 皇冠体育app of devaluing its currency. Many US economists and currency experts agree that 皇冠体育app is not a currency manipulator, and Chinese leaders have long insisted that market forces determine the price of the yuan. There is no solid data to suggest that current value of the yuan is being engineered. In fact, the US Treasury Department has repeatedly declined to label 皇冠体育app a currency manipulator.

皇冠体育app is not building a "massive military complex in the middle of the South 皇冠体育app Sea," as Trump claimed. 皇冠体育app wants peace and stability in the South 皇冠体育app Sea, not tension and conflict. No doubt, 皇冠体育app is determined and willing to safeguard its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests, but the claim that 皇冠体育app is militarizing the South 皇冠体育app Sea is completely false. The claim just shows his ignorance of 皇冠体育app.

An irrational and hasty "get tough with 皇冠体育app" policy would be detrimental to US long-term interests. There is good reason why the 皇冠体育app-US relationship is described as one of the most important bilateral relationship in the world. Not only is the US more dependent on 皇冠体育app than Trump seems to realize, but world peace and prosperity depend on the healthy develop of 皇冠体育app-US relations. Trump needs to get the 皇冠体育app-US relationship right.