Taiwan

The overseas edition of the People's Daily said the letter was an opening to help manage issues.

Activist Joshua Wong told IBTimes UK about the need for the West's involvement.

This is the first direct communication between Trump and Xi since the US president's 20 January inauguration.

The entire fleet is expected to be built by 2026.

However, an investigation into the matter may lead to criminal prosecution, Hong Kong said.

Beijing said it would not hesitate to oppose any form of separatist activity in the country.

Xi is attending the 2017 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

The president-elect has upset China on several previous occasions.

Beijing said Liaoning's movements complied with international law.

It is the latest rumbling of a tense dispute between the two countries.

Although Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen said she would maintain peace with China, Beijing is reportedly not convinced.

Gong Qinggai was put under investigation by the ruling Communist Party in January.

This comes after the US President-elect Donald Trump's telephone call with the island's president upset Beijing.

Taiwan has also said that Chinese warships have passed through south of Taiwan and are heading southwest.

Beijing urges Washington to stop US-Taiwan military contacts and arms sales to Taipei.

A maritime political analyst said other claimants of the territorial dispute have militarised.

The West African nation's decision to end diplomatic ties with Taiwan would damage cross-Strait stability, Taipei said.

The island nation is ready to fight the diplomatic isolation the Chinese have imposed for decades.

Tsai Ing-wen is scheduled to visit Taiwan's diplomatic allies Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador in January 2017.

Call was planned weeks in advance after Trump Organization travelled to Taiwan to scout luxury hotel site.

Trump attracted China's ire by talking directly to Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen and defying diplomatic conventions.

'The one-China policy is the cornerstone of the healthy development of China-US relations', Beijing said.

Taiwanese government wants to turn the disputed islets into a humanitarian base.

The ruling Democratic Progressive Party says people of Taiwan were paying close attention to how Beijing handled "the problem in Hong Kong".

Same sex marriage equality could now be on the cards in the country.

The seamen were captured close to the Seychelles in 2012.

The president said China should recognize her government's existence.

More than 5,300 people have been evacuated and at least 950,000 homes have lost electricity.

The heavy storms come just weeks after super Typhoon Meranti stormed through the country, killing 28 people.

Parts of Fujian Province were battered by the heavy downpours, while ships in Kaohsiung Harbour capsized.