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		</div><p>China&#8217;s foreign minister has said he hopes Beijing&#8217;s relations with the US would not be &#8220;interfered with or damaged&#8221; after president-elect Donald Trump broke with decades-long diplomatic tradition and spoke directly with Taiwan&#8217;s leader.</p>
<p>Wang Yi dismissed the call between Taiwan&#8217;s president Tsai Ing-wen and Mr Trump as &#8220;just a small trick by Taiwan&#8221; that he believed would not change US policy towards China, according to Hong Kong&#8217;s Phoenix TV.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;The one-China policy is the cornerstone of the healthy development of China-US relations and we hope this political foundation will not be interfered with or damaged,&#8221;</i> Mr Wang said.</p>
<p>Washington has pursued a so-called &#8220;one China&#8221; policy since 1979, when it shifted diplomatic recognition of China from the government in Taiwan to the communist government on the mainland.</p>
<p>Under that policy, the US recognises Beijing as representing China, but retains unofficial ties with Taiwan.</p>
<p>Mr Trump&#8217;s transition team said of the conversation: <i>&#8220;During the discussion, they noted the close economic, political, and security ties between Taiwan and the United States. President-elect Trump also congratulated President Tsai on becoming president of Taiwan earlier this year.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>Mr Trump tweeted later: <i>&#8220;The President of Taiwan CALLED ME today to wish me congratulations on winning the Presidency. Thank you!&#8221;</i></p>
<p>The Taiwanese presidential office said the leaders discussed issues affecting Asia and the future of US relations with Taiwan.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;The (Taiwanese) president is looking forward to strengthening bilateral interactions and contacts as well as setting up closer co-operative relations,&#8221;</i> it said.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;The president also told US President-elect Trump that she hopes the US will continue to support Taiwan&#8217;s efforts in having more opportunities to participate in and contribute to international affairs in the future.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>It added that the two also <i>&#8220;shared ideas and concepts&#8221;</i> on <i>&#8220;promoting domestic economic development and strengthening national defense&#8221;</i> to improve the lives of ordinary people.</p>
<p>Taiwan&#8217;s presidential office spokesman Alex Huang said separately that Taiwan&#8217;s relations with China and &#8220;healthy&#8221; Taiwan-US relations can proceed in parallel. <i>&#8220;There is no conflict (in that),&#8221;</i> he said.</p>
<p>The White House learned of the conversation after it had taken place, said a senior Obama administration official.</p>
<p>Friday&#8217;s call is the starkest example yet of how Mr Trump has flouted diplomatic conventions since he won the November 8 election. He has apparently undertaken calls with foreign leaders without guidance customarily lent by the State Department, which oversees US diplomacy.</p>
<p>Ms Tsai was democratically elected in January and took office in May. The traditional independence-leaning policies of her party have strained relations with Beijing.</p>
<p>Over the decades, the status of Taiwan has been one of the most sensitive issues in US-China relations. China regards Taiwan as part of its territory to be retaken by force, if necessary, if it seeks independence. It would regard any recognition of a Taiwanese leader as a head of state as unacceptable.</p>
<p>Taiwan split from the Chinese mainland amid civil war in 1949. The US policy acknowledges the Chinese view over sovereignty, but considers Taiwan&#8217;s status as unsettled.</p>
<figure id="attachment_95194" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-95194" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image-23.jpeg"><img src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/image-23.jpeg" alt="Presidential-Elect Donald Trump and Vice Presdient-elect Mike Pence" width="600" height="325" class="size-full wp-image-95194" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-95194" class="wp-caption-text">Presidential-Elect Donald Trump and Vice Presdient-elect Mike Pence</figcaption></figure>
<p>Although the US does not have formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan, it has close unofficial ties. Taiwan&#8217;s government has a representative office in Washington and other US cities. The US also has legal commitments to help Taiwan maintain the ability to defend itself.</p>
<p>Taiwan is separated from China by the 110-mile-wide Taiwan Strait. The island counts the US as its most important security partner and source of arms, but it is increasingly outgunned by China.</p>
<p>Ned Price, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said Mr Trump&#8217;s conversation did not signal any change to long-standing US policy on &#8220;cross-strait&#8221; issues.</p>
<p><i>&#8220;We remain firmly committed to our &#8216;one China&#8217; policy,&#8221;</i> Mr Price said. <i>&#8220;Our fundamental interest is in peaceful and stable cross-strait relations.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>The NSC stressed that every president has benefited from the <i>&#8220;expertise and counsel&#8221;</i> of the State Department on matters like this, which suggested that the White House was frustrated by Mr Trump&#8217;s conversation with the Taiwanese leader.</p>
<p>Still, the White House said Barack Obama remains committed to a smooth transition to the new administration.</p>
<p>Diplomatic protocol dictates that Taiwanese presidents can travel through the US, but not visit Washington.</p>
<p>Douglas Paal, who served as head of the American Institute in Taiwan during the George W Bush administration, said that to his knowledge the call was unprecedented.</p>
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