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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Despite stepping up marketing efforts to promote the games, Taipei Universiade organizers have faced criticism yet again over some questionable design choices. With nearly 200 days to go before next year's Summer Universiade kicks off ... ( read original story ...)

(CNN)On the face of it, it's hard to believe that a simple phone call could cause such a furor. When US President-elect Donald Trump spoke with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, the conversation may have seemed routine, but it was a potentially devastating ... ( read original story ...)

The provocative call between Donald Trump and the president of Taiwan has raised hopes across Asia that the next leader of the United States will toss out decades of deference to Beijing and instead take a hard line with a nation often accused by its ... ( read original story ...)

Shaun Rein is the founder of the China Market Research Group (CMR) and author of "The End of Cheap China" and "The End of Copycat China." The views expressed here are his own. (CNN)Donald Trump's call with Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen upended 40 years of ... ( read original story ...)

BEIJING – Donald Trump's unprecedented phone conversation with Taiwan's president and tweets criticizing China point to the possibility of major friction between the world's two largest economies. Trump's talk with Tsai Ing-wen diverged sharply from U.S ... ( read original story ...)

NEW YORK - President-elect Donald Trump continued to use Twitter Sunday to defend his engagement with the leader of Taiwan, a breach of diplomatic protocol as the U.S. shifted recognition from Taiwan to China nearly 40 years ago. In a series of evening ... ( read original story ...)

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump’s motives for his unorthodox call with the leader of Taiwan remain mysterious, but some Republicans are hailing his improvisational diplomacy as a refreshing break with diplomatic rituals that date to the ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI — What a difference a phone call makes. Ms. Tsai took office in May with a mandate to reduce Taiwan’s economic reliance and close political ties with Beijing. China claims Taiwan as its territory and threatens to use force if Taipei officially ... ( read original story ...)

TAOYUAN, Taiwan — The fields are overgrown with weeds. Warehouses lie abandoned, their corrugated shells covered in rust. In the distance, an air base, where pilots once took off on reconnaissance missions over mainland China, is devoid of activity, its ... ( read original story ...)

TAIPEI, TAIWAN—With a 10-minute phone call and two tweets, Donald Trump inspired banner headlines and renewed hopes across Taiwan for a stronger partnership with the United States, while also inflaming the complex relationships between the U.S., mainland ... ( read original story ...)

Beijing and Taipei. China sees Taiwan as part of One China, its indivisible territory. The U.S. actively supports Taiwan, although it does not have formal diplomatic relations. But first, Chinese leadership will have to determine if Mr. Trump’s call with ... ( read original story ...)

Democracy requires smooth transitions of power between parties from across the political spectrum. This throws up a problem for Taiwan, as the biggest political variable for the self-ruled island is the communist leadership across the strait. Because of ... ( read original story ...)

In this 2008 photo, chef Peng Chang-kuei poses for a photo as he is seated at a table in his restaurant Peng's Garden in Taipei, Tawain. (Chiang-Zhong Su/United Daily News/World Journal via AP) NEW YORK — The chef credited with inventing General Tso’s ... ( read original story ...)

At the October 13 opening of the International Design House Exhibition in Taipei, one of the signature events of the city’s year as World Design Capital, Mayor Ko Wen-je talked about showing the world the strength of Taiwanese design: “I often say that ... ( read original story ...)

January 1979: Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping offers the concepts of "one country, two systems" and "peaceful unification" as possible alternatives to a military attack on Taiwan. April 1979: Taiwan's Nationalist Party leader Chiang Ching-kuo comes out with a ... ( read original story ...)

Trump -- who has previously vowed to take a tough line towards Beijing -- stressed that Taipei had initiated the call. "The President of Taiwan CALLED ME today to wish me congratulations on winning the Presidency. Thank you!" he tweeted. Policy change? ( read original story ...)