Beijing warns will cut contacts if Taiwan doesn't toe line

BEIJING: Beijing warned Taiwan it would cut off critical contacts with the island if its new President Tsai Ing-wen does not state her support for the concept that there is only "one China," state media reported Saturday.

The comments came a day after Beijing-skeptic Tsai's inauguration speech, where she called for "positive dialogue" with the Chinese mainland, but stopped short of any compromise on Beijing's demands that she back its "one China" principle.