China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, during his recent visit to Washington, said that Taiwan's President-elect Tsai Ing-wen must acknowledge the island's own constitution, which explicitly states that Taiwan and the mainland are both part of one China.  

"We do not care that much who is in power in the Taiwan region of China," Wang said without naming Tsai Ing-wen."What we care about is, once someone has come into power, how he or she handles the cross-strait relationship, whether he or she will maintain the peaceful development of cross-strait relations, whether he or she will recommit to the political foundation of cross-strait relations, the one China principle," he said.

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Tsai Ing-wen, who is widely hailed as a pro independent leader, will assume the office in May following her landslide victory in Presidential election in January this year. She is the first woman to be elected as President of Taiwan.                             

Since Tsai's landslide victory, Beijing has been issuing warning to Taiwan against any move towards independence.

Barring few critical statements in the run-up to the election, Tsai has maintained that she wants very peaceful and cordial relation with China.

China considers Taiwan as a province that is waiting for unification. Taiwan was separated from China in 1949 during a civil war.nSince then cross-strait relations have have been marked with constant tension, with Taiwan constantly accusing Beijing of trying to subvert its sovereignty.

Taiwan has not shied away from seeking international support, mainly from the U.S., to protect its sovereignty from Beijing.        

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