INTERNATIONAL - China protested to the United States as president-elect, Donald Trump, speaking directly by telephone with the President of Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen.
Chinese Foreign Ministry conveyed this in a statement released on Saturday (12/03/2016), a few hours after Trump called Tsai.
"We have made an official protest to the US related to it. This is to show, there is only one China in the world. Taiwan is an inseparable part of China," the statement said.
According to the statement of the Foreign Ministry of China, Beijing urged relevant parties in the US to comply with the commitments on the one-China policy, Agence France-Presse.
Also "to handle Taiwan-related issues with caution and avoid unnecessary situations that disrupt the overall China-US relations," he said.
Trump had talked directly with President Tsai. Step Trump was clearly distorts US foreign policy since 1979 when formal relations between the two countries severed.
Trump said the transition team, Trump and Tsai noted "the economic ties, political, and security that close" between the US and Taiwan via telephone conversations.
As expected, these measures risk angering China, which sees Taiwan as a province to escape or dissent and now awaiting reunification with Bejing.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, before responding to the event as "small step" by Taiwan.
Trump mencuit on Twitter that Tsai had contacted him to congratulate him because it won the US election on November 8, 2016.
His team said that Trump has also been congratulated Tsai after winning the US presidential election in May 2016.
It is highly unusual for the president or elected US president to speak directly to the leaders of Taiwan.
Following media reports suggesting that the move risked angering China, Trump mencuit, "Interesting, when the US sells military equipment worth billions of dollars but I am not allowed to receive congratulations over the phone."
The White House said that the conversation Trump is not signaling a change in US policy.
Trump spokesman said that Trump was "very conscious" about US policy on Taiwan.
Washington cut off formal diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1979 and expressed support for the concept of "One China" from Beijing stating that Taiwan is part of China.
There are hundreds of Chinese missiles pointed at Taiwan, and China has threatened to use force if Taiwan liberate themselves.
Responding to the news about the phone call, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said they rejected any official or military contracts interaction between the US and Taiwan.