Diplomatic communications between Taipei and Beijing have been suspended over what the mainland views to be an insult by the island's new government.
A mainland spokesman blamed Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen for refusing to embrace the so-called 1992 Consensus, which recognises a one-China principle, with differing interpretations of what that means.
Beijing's State Council Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman An Fengshan commented after Taipei protested Cambodia's extradition of Taiwanese telecom fraud suspects to the Chinese mainland, Xinhua news agency reported.
An defended Beijing's pursuit of telecom frauds and protection of fraud victims as "perfectly justified," and "supported by people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait".
At the same time, he revealed that direct communication was suspended after May 20, over Tsai's refusal to embrace the one-China principle.
