US President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Taiwan's President over the phone on Friday. The controversial call is an unprecedented move that overturned diplomatic protocol ever since Washington recognized the 'One China' policy in 1978.

The phone call was reportedly initiated by Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen. This was confirmed by Trump himself who tweeted on his official Twitter account: "The President of Taiwan called me today to wish me congratulations on winning the Presidency. Thank you!"

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Trump's official transition team also came forward to issue a statement and gave brief information about the details of their conversation.

"During the discussion, they noted the close economic, political, and security ties exists between Taiwan and the United States. President-elect Trump also congratulated President Tsai on becoming President of Taiwan earlier this year," the statement said.

Meanwhile, Taiwanese President recounted too the last 10 minutes of the phone conversation on an official website. She said that both of them discussed various ways to promote domestic economy and strengthen national defence and contemplated about the present situation in the Asian region.

China Says 'One China' Policy will Continue to Enjoy International Support  

Reacting to Friday's phone call, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi claimed that it would hardly have any impact on the international community's acceptance of 'One China' policy.  

"This is just the Taiwan side engaging in a petty action, and cannot change the 'one China' structure already formed by the international community," China's Foreign Ministry quoted Wang saying at an academic forum in Beijing.

"I believe that it won't change the longstanding 'one China' policy of the United States government," he added.

Wang quickly reminded that President Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have also engaged in phone call diplomacy immediately after Trump's unexpected victory in the US presidential election. He claimed that the Republican presidential nominee showered lots of praises on China and that the phone call had set stage for positive future development of Sino-US relations.

China and Taiwan Relation at All Time Low

The Friday's phone could not have come at a worse time, given that cross relations are at all time low. China and Taiwan have barely seen eye-to-eye with each other, ever since the pro-independent leader 'Tsai' assumed office earlier this year.

Tsai and her ruling Democratic Progressive Party's (DPP) apparent challenge to 'One China' policy did not go too well with Chinese leadership. As a result, China soon began to pile up diplomatic pressure by trying to isolate Taiwan on various international forums and by poaching few of its key allies.    

China considers Taiwan as a wayward province that is waiting for unification. Taiwan separated from mainland China in 1949, following a prolonged civil war.

The diplomatic relation between the two countries has been frayed ever since, with Washington playing a key role in boost self-ruled island's military defence and offering diplomatic relation to cope with China's aggression.          

China considers the 'One China' policy as one of its cornerstone policies, which basically denotes that China and Taiwan are part of one nation. However, the ruling DPP does not agree with this policy and argue that China and Taiwan are two separate nations.           

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