China Warns Incoming Czech Leader Over Call with Taiwan’s Tsai

What’s new: China has lodged stern representations with the Czech Republic on Tuesday after the latter’s President-elect Petr Pavel held a phone conversation with Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said China “deplores and strongly opposes” the call between Pavel and Tsai, which constituted official contact with the Taiwan authorities and “serious interference” with China’s internal affairs, according to a statement on the ministry’s website.