Both U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen claim it was a casual courtesy call between national politicians who have just scored upset victories in crucial elections.

But more detail appearing on their now well-known telephone conversation suggests that rival factions are still fighting the Chinese Civil War, which officially lasted between 1927 and 1950; and that we’ve just seen a propaganda coup by the “Taiwan Lobby.”

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