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After Four Mostly Quiet Decades, One China Policy Is Thrust Into Spotlight

4:00pm December 12, 2016

by Rob Schmitz

A single phone call has made the policy a central issue as Donald Trump prepares to assume office. The president-elect says he doesn't think the U.S. should feel bound by it.

A magazine featuring U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is seen at a bookstore in Beijing on Monday. The headline reads, "How will businessman Trump change the world?" Beijing is "seriously concerned" by Trump's suggestion that he could drop Washington's o

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China Expresses 'Serious Concern' Over Trump's Comments On Taiwan

10:42am December 12, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

President-elect Trump said on Sunday he didn't feel "bound by a one-China policy," which has governed U.S. diplomatic relations with Taiwan for decades, unless the U.S. and China make a "deal."

Sen. Robert Dole, seated next to then-vice presidential nominee Mike Pence, receives a standing ovation at the Republican National Convention in July.

Behind Trump's Taiwan Phone Chat, A Veteran Washington Insider

7:01pm December 07, 2016

by Peter Overby

Former GOP senator and presidential candidate Bob Dole helped Taiwan connect with the Trump transition team. Federal disclosure reports show Dole has lobbied for Taiwan for nearly two decades.

President-elect Donald Trump spoke last Friday with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen. In her first public comments, Tsai said Tuesday that observers should not read too much into the conversation. "I do not foresee major policy shifts in the near future,"

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Taiwan's President: Phone Call With Trump 'Doesn't Mean A Policy Shift'

9:08am December 06, 2016

by William Dobson

In her first comments since her talk with Donald Trump, President Tsai Ing-wen says she does not foresee "major policy shifts." She spoke with Western journalists, including NPR's William Dobson.

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Copies of local Chinese magazines at a news stand in Shanghai on Nov. 14, almost a week after Donald Trump was elected president.

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In Trump's Taiwan Kerfuffle, Beijing Has Been Uncharacteristically Measured

9:20pm December 04, 2016

by Rob Schmitz

Some are in an uproar over President-elect Donald Trump's phone call to Taiwan's president. Yet the Chinese leadership has shown no interest in escalating the matter.

The streets of Xiamen in eastern China's Fujian province were submerged by floodwaters brought by Typhoon Megi on Wednesday.

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PHOTOS: Typhoon Megi Slams Into Taiwan And Southeast China

3:26pm September 28, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The powerful storm forced tens of thousands to evacuate their homes. At least four people in Taiwan and one person in mainland China were killed.

Skyscrapers of the Mainland Chinese city of Xiamen is seen in the distance from a beach on Taiwan's Kinmen Island.

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On A Rural Taiwanese Island, Modern China Beckons

9:32am September 11, 2016

by Rob Schmitz

The Taiwanese island of Kinmen is just one mile off the coast of mainland China and many residents are divided over their increasingly cozy relationship with their wealthy neighbor.

University students who belong to indigenous tribes prepare for a ceremony to affirm their ethnic identity. Taiwan's aboriginal tribes arrived thousands of years before Chinese immigrants, but now account for only 2 percent of the population.

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Taiwanese President Issues Country's First Apology To Indigenous People

2:26pm August 01, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

"We have to face the truth," Tsai Ing-wen said to representatives of the native tribes of Taiwan. She said her government offered its "fullest apology" for the treatment of aboriginal Taiwanese.

A tour bus carrying visitors from China burst into flames on a busy highway near the Taiwanese capital, Taipei, on Tuesday. Officials said all 26 people onboard died.

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Tour Bus Bursts Into Flames In Taiwan, Killing 26 People

2:26pm July 19, 2016

by Jason Slotkin

Twenty-four of the people onboard were from China. Taiwanese media quoted officials as saying it is the country's deadliest incident involving tourists from mainland China.

As fast-moving Typhoon Nepartak makes its way across the Philippines Sea, large waves crash against the breakwaters Thursday in Ilan on the eastern coast of Taiwan.

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Taiwan Braces For Super Typhoon Nepartak

7:47pm July 07, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The storm bearing down on the island is expected to make landfall early Friday. Nepartak could batter Taiwan's coastline, and thousands have been evacuated from islands off Taiwan's coast.