Yesterday, the US President-elect Donald Trump spoke to the Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen, who is ideologically opposed to the Chinese Communist Party's 'One China' vision. It was a first for any US President or President-elect to speak to the Taiwanese President since 1979 when the US had closed its embassy in Taipei and severed its diplomatic ties recognising the Mainland China as the sole Chinese voice. Interesting how the U.S. sells Taiwan billions of dollars of military equipment but I should not accept a congratulatory call. People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, tweeted quoting Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs that "China firmly opposes any official interaction or military contact between #US and #Taiwan." Probably the muted Chinese response to an otherwise disturbing act from the Chinese point of view follows that "clear sense of mutual respect only".

Source: India Today December 03, 2016 08:28 UTC