China’s foreign minister reacts to Trump’s call
TAIPEI — China’s foreign minister says he hopes Beijing’s relations with the US won’t be “interfered with or damaged” after President-elect Donald Trump broke with decadeslong diplomatic tradition and spoke directly with Taiwan’s leader.
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen speaks with US President-elect Donald Trump through a speaker phone in Taipei (Taiwan) on Dec 2, 2016. Photo: Taiwan Presidential Office via AP
TAIPEI — China’s foreign minister says he hopes Beijing’s relations with the US won’t be “interfered with or damaged” after President-elect Donald Trump broke with decadeslong diplomatic tradition and spoke directly with Taiwan’s leader.
Hong Kong’s Phoenix TV reports that Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Saturday (Nov 3) that the call between Taiwan’s president and Mr Trump was “just a small trick by Taiwan”. He said he thought it would not change longstanding US policy toward China.
Mr Wang says the so-called “one-China policy” is the cornerstone of US-China relations and that Beijing hoped that foundation would not be “interfered with or damaged”.
It is highly unusual, probably unprecedented, for a US president or president-elect to speak directly with a leader of Taiwan, a self-governing island the US broke diplomatic ties with in 1979. AP
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