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    Donald Trump spoke directly with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in a phone call, which is a highly unusual action for a US President or President-elect to take. This angered China, who sees Taiwan as a rogue province. China lodged an official complaint with the US and urged them to handle Taiwan issues carefully in order to avoid problems in US-China relations. By speaking directly with Taiwan's leader, Trump's actions surprised and alarmed China, who may see it as destabilizing to their "One China" policy.

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    Donald Trump spoke directly with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen in a phone call, which is a highly unusual action for a US President or President-elect to take. This angered China, who sees Taiwan as a rogue province. China lodged an official complaint with the US and urged them to handle Taiwan issues carefully in order to avoid problems in US-China relations. By speaking directly with Taiwan's leader, Trump's actions surprised and alarmed China, who may see it as destabilizing to their "One China" policy.

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    Trump Taiwan Call: China Lodges Protest: 3 December 16 / Carrie Gracie BBC China Editor

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    December 2016

    TrumpTaiwancall:Chinalodgesprotest
    3 December 16 / Carrie Gracie BBC China editor
    China'sforeignministrysaysithaslodgedacomplaintwiththeUSafterPresidentelectDonaldTrump
    spoketoTaiwan'sleaderinaphonecall.
    ChinaseesTaiwanasabreakawayprovince.USpolicysetin1979cutallformalrelationswithTaiwan.
    However,MrTrump'stransitionteamsaidheandTsaiIngwennoted"closeeconomic,political,and
    securityties"inaphonecall.
    Chinasaidithadlodgeda"solemnrepresentation"withWashington.
    AccordingtothestatenewsagencyXinhua,ChinaurgedtheUS"tocautiously,properlyhandleTaiwan
    issuetoavoidunnecessarydisturbancetoSinoUSrelations".
    Earlier,ChineseForeignMinisterWangYidismissedthecallasa"pettytrick"byTaiwan,Chinesestate
    mediasaid.

    What happened?
    MrTrumptweetedonFridaythatMsTsaihadcalledhimtocongratulatehimonwinningtheUSelection.
    HisteamsaidthattheUSpresidentelecthadalsocongratulatedMsTsaionbecomingthepresidentof
    TaiwanlastJanuary.
    ItishighlyunusualforaUSpresidentorpresidentelecttospeaktoaTaiwaneseleaderdirectly.
    FollowingmediareportspointingouttherisksofangeringChina,MrTrumptweeted:"Interestinghowthe
    USsellsTaiwanbillionsofdollarsofmilitaryequipmentbutIshouldnotacceptacongratulatorycall."
    TheWhiteHousehassaidMrTrump'sconversationdoesnotsignalanychangeinUSpolicy.USmedia
    reportedthattheWhiteHouselearnedofthecallonlyafterithadhappened.
    MrTrump'sspokeswomansaidhewas"wellaware"ofUSpolicytowardsTaiwan.
    Readmore:What'sbehindtheChinaTaiwandivide?

    What is the problem?


    ThesplitbetweenChinaandTaiwangoesbackto1949,whentheRepublicofChina(ROC)government
    fledthemainlandtoTaiwan.After1945,itheldChina'sseatontheUNSecurityCouncilandwas,fora
    while,recognisedbymanyWesternnationsastheonlyChinesegovernment.
    Butin1971,theUNswitcheddiplomaticrecognitiontoBeijingandtheROCgovernmentwasforcedout.
    OnlyahandfulofcountriesnowrecogniseTaiwan'sgovernment.
    WashingtoncutformaldiplomatictieswithTaiwanin1979,expressingitssupportforBeijing's"One
    China"concept,whichstatesthatTaiwanispartofChina.
    ChinahashundredsofmissilespointingtowardsTaiwan,andhasthreatenedtouseforceifitseeks
    independence.
    PresidentTsai,Taiwan'sfirstfemaleleader,ledtheDemocraticProgressiveParty(DPP)toalandslide
    victoryintheJanuary2016election.
    TheDPPhastraditionallyleanedtowardsindependencefromChina.PresidentTsai'sadministrationdoes
    notaccepttheOneChinapolicy.
    Readmore:TsaiIngwen,Taiwan'sshybutsteelyleader

    From concern to alarm and anger - Carrie Gracie, BBC


    China editor, Beijing
    MrTrump'sdecisiontoturnhisbackonfourdecadesofUSprotocolonTaiwanandspeakdirectlytoa
    presidentofTaiwanwillstunpolicymakersinBeijing.
    Sincehiselectionlastmonth,theyhavestruggledtounderstandwhoisadvisingDonaldTrumponAsia
    andwhathisChinapolicywilllooklike.
    Thismovewillturnconcernintoalarmandanger.
    BeijingseesTaiwanasaprovince.Denyingitanyofthetrappingsofanindependentstateisoneofthekey
    prioritiesofChineseforeignpolicy.
    ReadmorefromCarrie:TheTrumpphonecallthatwillstunBeijing

    How has China responded?


    TheChineseMinistryofForeignAffairssaiditopposedanyofficialinteractionormilitarycontactbetween
    theUSandTaiwan,accordingtothePeople'sDaily,aCommunistPartymouthpiece.
    ForeignMinisterWangYisaidtheconversationbetweenMrTrumpandMsTsaiwas"justapettytrickby
    Taiwan"thathebelievedwouldnotchangeUSpolicytowardChina,statemediareported.
    "TheOneChinapolicyisthecornerstoneofthehealthydevelopmentofChinaUSrelationsandwehope
    thispoliticalfoundationwillnotbeinterferedwithordamaged,"hewasquotedassaying.
    ThecommentwasrepeatedinaformalstatementbytheForeignMinistryreportedbyXinhua.
    Despitethecutinformaltiesnearlyfourdecadesago,theUShasstillmaintainedfriendlynonofficial
    relationswithTaiwan.
    FollowingMrTrump'stelephoneconversation,theWhiteHousesaidtheUSremainedfirmlycommittedto
    its"OneChina"policy.
    "Ourfundamentalinterestisinpeacefulandstablecrossstraitrelations,"saidNedPrice,aspokesmanfor
    theWhiteHouseNationalSecurityCouncil.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-38194371

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