China warning after Trump breaks protocol over Taiwan

China's foreign minister has said he hopes Beijing's relations with the US would not be "interfered with or damaged" after president-elect Donald Trump broke with decades-long diplomatic tradition and spoke directly with Taiwan's leader.

China warning after Trump breaks protocol over Taiwan

China's foreign minister has said he hopes Beijing's relations with the US would not be "interfered with or damaged" after president-elect Donald Trump broke with decades-long diplomatic tradition and spoke directly with Taiwan's leader.

Wang Yi dismissed the call between Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen and Mr Trump as "just a small trick by Taiwan" that he believed would not change US policy towards China, according to Hong Kong's Phoenix TV.

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