The White House says Donald Trump has agreed - at the request of Chinese President Xi Jinping - to honour the "one China" policy.
"One China" is a longstanding US foreign policy position and indicates that America will have no formal diplomatic relations with the breakaway state of Taiwan.
President Trump had proposed using it as a bargaining position with Beijing.
Harry Horton reports from Washington.
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