US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would speak with Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te, an unprecedented move for a US leader that could roil US relations with China. US and Taiwanese presidents have not spoken directly since Washington shifted diplomatic recognition to Beijing from Taipei in 1979. France 24's correspondent in Taiwan Jan Camenzind Broomby takes a look at how likely it is the call will go ahead and what the two leaders might discuss.
Trump risks provoking China's ire with planned call with Taiwan leader
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