beijing many pressure point china push express anger donald trump call taiwan president tsai ing-wen last week include lure away taiwan diplomatic ally ramp military deployments taiwan strait china irritation call first u.s. president-elect president since president jimmy carter switch diplomatic recognition taiwan china 1979 mostly direct self-ruled island china claim could also make life difficult unite state ally region shi yinhong head centre american study beijing renmin university advise government diplomatic issue say china still wait-and-see period come trump note beijing reaction call quite restrain would change trump continue like office shi say without doubt chinese government judge president trump want challenge one china principle follow since president carter china definitely make strong response could include policy toward north korea china work washington rein pyongyang nuclear program dispute south china sea everything possible say beijing could example ease unite nations sanction north korea provide economic succor country develop missiles could target unite state take aggressive stance u.s. freedom navigation patrol south china sea far limit verbal warn washington beijing also cooperate multilateral agreement limit iran nuclear program climate change areas trump say want revisit get good deal u.s. status taiwan unresolved issue china civil war defeat nationalist force flee 1949 pose point challenge communist party claim rule china beijing never renounce use force bring call renegade province control taiwan estimate china hundreds missiles target island narrow straits separate global time outspoken influential tabloid publish rule communist party official people daily say punish taiwan best way convey message trump chinese mainland let taiwan lose one two diplomatic ally punishment well warn mainland also strengthen military deployment say editorials chinese english editions number countries maintain formal tie taiwan 1971 hold china seat unite nations since whittle away china 22 mostly poor nations latin america caribbean unofficial diplomatic truce china taiwan end early year tsai elect january china establish tie former taiwan ally gambia last week large chinese business delegation visit panama another taiwan friend tsai say want peace stability china china fear want push island formal independence one core principles democratic progressive party china could also step divide-and-rule policy favor pro-china politicians taiwan trade access deal exclude rule party people daily overseas edition say trump-tsai call set terrible precedent china-u.s. tie put big question mark smooth transition relationship jia qingguo dean school international relations peking university government advisor say incident would help chinese leaders get past initial uncertainty trump good understand administration could mean china negative way donald trump hurt relationship also hurt u.s. interest continue office assume frictions trade taiwan bad countries beijing also bear mind opinion chinese public bring insist sovereignty taiwan taiwan simply province china say one user weibo china answer twitter anywhere anytime bring things conclusion worry that china taiwan nearly go war three time since 1949 recently ahead 1996 taiwan presidential election china carry missile test water close island hop dissuade people vote lee teng-hui suspect harbour pro-independence view lee landslide intervene 20 years chinese wealth power grow china much strong say jia academic advisor presumably u.s.-china confrontation taiwan would much negative impact international order relations two countries collect cost trump 's taiwan call