China warned Taiwan that declaring independence would be a "dead end", state media said Wednesday, after the island's democratically elected president phoned Donald Trump in a precedent-breaking move.
Beijing's stance of opposing and blocking "Taiwan independence splittism" is "firm and unmovable", Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman An Fengshan said at a briefing Wednesday, according to state-owned China News.
"We have unshakable willpower, ample confidence, and sufficient capability," he said. "Facts will show those people that 'Taiwan independence' is a dead end."
The comments came after Trump, the US president-elect, shocked the diplomatic establishment and angered Beijing by speaking directly with Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen after his election victory.
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