Following President-elect Donald Trumps acceptance of a congratulatory phone call on December 2 from Tsai Ing-wen (shown, right), the president of the Republic of China (ROC, popularly known as Taiwan) the communist government of the mainland Peoples Republic of China (PRC) issued a formal complaint about Trumps action. On December 3, the Peoples Republics foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang issued a statement asserting that there is only one China in the world.