"Without a doubt, if the Chinese government judges a president Trump wants to challenge the 'One China' principle followed since President Carter, China will definitely make a very strong response. "The Chinese mainland can let Taiwan lose one or two diplomatic allies as a punishment as well as a warning. If he continues this when he is in office, I assume we will have more frictions - over trade, over Taiwan. "Beijing also has to bear in mind the opinion of a Chinese public brought up to insist on sovereignty over Taiwan. "Taiwan is simply a province of our China," said one user on Weibo, China's answer to Twitter.

Source: Times of India December 05, 2016 09:11 UTC