President elect for that matter has spoken directly with the leader of taiwan since 1979. Since then, america has adhered to the one china policy where they asked taiwan part of china. Ash carter recently called the region consequential. Our team of reporter standing by for the latest on this. Lets begin with cnns Jessica Schneider live at trump tower in new york. Good morning to you, jessica. Good morning to you, martin. Yes, it is the phone call that has bucked nearly 40 years of protocol. President elect trump insisting that tenminute call was initiated by the president of taiwan. But nevertheless, the backlash is already apparent. China reached out to the white house yesterday. And now a spokesman for the chinese forge ministry is releasing a statement saying i must point out that there is only one china in the world and taiwan is a part of that chinese territory. The peoples republic of china is in the sole legal government that represents china and that is an intentionally recogn
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