Speaking earlier, hours after Friday's telephone call, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pointedly blamed Taiwan for the exchange, rather than Trump, a billionaire businessman with little foreign policy experience. "I believe that it won't change the longstanding 'one China' policy of the United States government." Trump said on Twitter that Tsai had initiated the call he had with the Taiwan president. China considers Taiwan a wayward province and has never renounced the use of force to bring it under its control. The White House also said after Trump's call that "longstanding policy" on China and Taiwan had not changed.

Source: The Star December 02, 2016 23:29 UTC