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Taiwan officials. china says it firmly opposes the law and that it violates the one china principle. let s bring in steven jong following the story live in beijing. steven, clearly this plays into that very delicate balance of cross strait relations. explain to our viewers why china has staked out a firm opposition to this move. reporter: well, george, china s swift and strong reactions are not surprising considering beijing views taiwans a breakaway province that must be reunited with the mainland by force if necessary. so the taiwan issue is really a red line in the eyes of the beijing government and they simply do not want to see any country, including the united states, cross it. now, the timing of this signing is is also very interesting of course. as you know, mr. trump has increasingly focussed on china as he addresses the huge trade imbalance the u.s. has with the rested of the world. we have heard the recent tariff announcements and also officials ....
One other thing they like to bring up is that mr. trump is not president yesterday, so what he has been saying so far is not official u.s. policy. and the chinese government pays more attention to official policies instead of a leader s style and personalities. but privately many officials have expressed to me that they re unsure about how to deal with this new u.s. president who likes to conduct for policy online. some have even asked me for suggestions. my response? follow him on twitter. read his tweets. and have an answer ready for reporters like us. steven jong, cnn, beijing. and republicans in the house and senate seek to dismantle the affordable care act better than known as obamacare. ....
Derek, thank you. now to south korea. even with impeachment proceedings set to begin next week, protesters against president park are not slowing down. you see the large crowds here. hups hundreds of thousands demonstrating demanding as they have for weeks that president park resign immediately. that hasn t satisfied many people there who want her out sooner rather than later. cnn international correspondent simon mosen is following these protests. we ve seen these images for weeks on end and these crowds are not letting up. they re not letting up, fwornl george. and just as you come to me, they are on the move. it s an incredible scene, they ....
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Conversation shared their views and concepts on future important policy points in particular to promote the domestic economy and strengthen national defense. the president also expressed to president-elect trump the desire that america would support taiwan to have the opportunity to participate in and contribute more in international issues. a lot to talk about here. cnn has team coverage on china s reaction and the possible political fallout from that phone call. eugene scott live with us in new york, but first let s get reaction from beijing and our correspondent there, steven jong. we re hearing a major reaction from china. that s right the term shenanigan you mentioned came from the foreign minister early on saturday in response to the question over a controversial phone call. he basically placed the blame on ....