China's state media have criticised the United States for ending decades of restrictions on official contact with Taiwan.
It has accused Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of trying to "inflict a long-lasting scar on China-US ties".
The move has angered Beijing because it considers Taiwan as its territory.
Al Jazeera's Leah Harding reports.

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