Trump Spoke With Taiwan President in Break With Decades of U.S. Policy
Leaders ‘noted close’ economic, political and security ties, Trump transition team said
By DAMIAN PALETTA and CAROL E. LEE
Updated Dec. 2, 2016 6:36 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON—President-elect Donald Trump spoke with the president of Taiwan on Friday, his transition team said, a conversation that breaks with decades of U.S. policy and is certain to infuriate the Chinese government.
The conversation between Mr. Trump and President Tsai Ing-wen is a challenge to the longstanding effort by Beijing to block any formal U.S. diplomatic relations with the island off China’s coast. Chinese
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