China reported that it has halted a communication mechanism with Taiwan. The measure has been taken as a response to the failur of Taiwan's new government to affirm the "One-China" principle.

The statement released by Xinhua, the state run news agency, stated that the government is not in contact with the Taiwanese government with regard to the extradition of 25 Taiwanese nationals in Cambodia to China.

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An Fengshan, spokesman for China's Taiwan Affairs Office, stated, "Because the Taiwan side has not acknowledged the 1992 consensus, this joint political basis for showing the one China principle, the cross Taiwan Strait contact and communication mechanism has already stopped."

Taiwan's new president, Tsai Ing-Wen, is head of the Democratic Progressive Party, which is known for its pro-independence stance. She has announced that she is interested in maintaining the existing system with China but has failed to recognize the "1992 consensus," which was agreed to by Taiwan's then ruling Nationalists and China's Communists.

Taiwan has expressed its displeasure at the deportation of Taiwanese nationals from Cambodia to China. The island stated that Cambodia neglected to get the accused deported to Taiwan instead of China.

Taipei had previously accused China of kidnapping when some of its nationals in other countries - such as Malaysia and Kenya - were deported to China.

The Taiwanese president is currently on her first foreign trip since assuming the office. She will visit Panama and Paraguay, which are diplomatic allies of Taiwan.

She is likely to make transit stops in the United States. The new restriction are likely to put pressure on Tsai, who is also trying to reverse economic contraction in Taiwan.

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