China’s protest over Trump call sparks policy blast from US president-elect
Beijing/Washington — China said on Monday US president-elect Donald Trump and his transition team are clear on China’s position on his telephone call with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Friday. This was said in Beijing by Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang, but he did not say how China made its position clear to Trump and his team. This was after Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to blast Beijing's economic and military policies. Trump’s phone chat with Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen prompted China to lodge "stern representations" with the "relevant US side" on Saturday. After China’s diplomatic protest to the US on Saturday, vice-president-elect Mike Pence played down the significance of the call, saying it was a "courtesy" call and not intended to show a shift in US policy on China. But Trump, who on the election trail labelled China a currency manipulator, continued his hard-line rhetoric on Sunday. He tweeted: "Did China ask us if it was OK to devalue their currency (ma...
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