Beijing (AFP) – Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun reacts to the mooted call between Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te and US leader Donald Trump, saying China “firmly opposes official exchanges” between the two sides. Lai has said he would be “happy” to talk to Trump, a conversation that would break more than four decades of diplomatic protocol and drew pre-emptive ire from China. Trump told reporters he would speak to the Taiwanese leader, as the White House weighs arms sales to the democratic island, a week after visiting Beijing.
