Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Phone Call With Taiwan President Sparks China Complaint
President-elect Donald Trump’s conversation with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen breaks with decades of U.S. policy
BEIJING—A call between U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is shaking delicate relations between Beijing and Taipei and threatening to place the U.S. in the middle of a relationship it has been careful not to upset.
China said it had lodged a formal complaint with the U.S., and Taiwan urged China to stay calm a day after Mr. Trump broke diplomatic protocol by speaking by phone with Taiwan’s leader.
“We must point out, there’s is only one China in the world and Taiwan is an inseparable part of Chinese territory,” read a statement posted on the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s website Saturday afternoon.
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More News On China Protesting President-Elect Trump's Phone Conversation With Taiwan's President
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China lodges protest after Trump call with Taiwan president -- Reuters
China lodges formal protest after Donald Trump’s Taiwan call -- Financial Times
China: Trump-Taiwan president call was 'small trick' -- USA Today
Taiwan Call Gives China a Clue on What to Expect From Donald Trump -- NYT
I am very glad that Pres. Trump has the balls to say FU to the Communist Chinese. The fiction maintained by enemies of freedom (that the Republic of China is not a sovereign nation) is even adopted by the western press, who identifies the "Taiwan" as the nation, and not the island where the nation is located.
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