Trump has been criticized for showing complete disregard for stated US policies and protocol in his conversations with world leaders calling to congratulate him on his victory, and, as with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, he has contradicted himself.
US media reported that the call to Tsai was possibly the first known contact between leaders of the two countries after President Jimmy Carter shut down US embassy in Taipei and broke diplomatic relations with Taiwan in 1978.
The United States adopted a one-China policy after the historic meeting between President Richard Nixon and China’s Mao Zedong in 1972. But a break in diplomatic ties has not stopped the US from selling arms to Taiwan, as Trump pointed out.
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