(ANSA-AFP) - PRAGUE, JAN 31 - China criticised Czech
president-elect Petr Pavel on Tuesday for holding a telephone
call with Taiwan's president and foreign minister the day
before. Beijing is trying to keep Taiwan isolated on the world
stage and opposes countries having official exchanges with
Taipei. It claims self-ruled, democratic Taiwan as part of its
territory to be seized one day, by force if necessary. "Pavel...
trampled on China's red line," said Chinese foreign ministry
spokeswoman Mao Ning. "This severely interferes in China's
internal affairs and has hurt the feelings of the Chinese
people," she added. Beijing has urged Prague to "immediately
take effective measures to eliminate the negative impact of this
incident and avoid irreparable damage being sustained to
China-Czech relations", Mao said. (ANSA-AFP).
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China angered by new Czech president's Taiwan call
Beijing opposes countries having official exchanges with Taipei