throne following the death of king frederick. china is blassing the u.s. state department's reaction to taiwan's presidential election. they say it violates commitments the u.s. has made to street china and taiwan as a single country. on saturday the state department extended its congratulations to the people of taiwan on the new president-elect. >> his presidency comes despite beijing's cautionary stance over potential conflicts and concerns about pushing for taiwan's independence. joining us now from taiwan is cnn's senior international correspondent will ripley. obviously, will, this is a huge blow to china. what are they saying about the new president and the u.s. reaction? >> reporter: well, china could not be more unhappy with the result of this election. this is a party that china openly loathes. the vice president is actually banned from even -- the vice president-elect, i should say,