Call is a risky bet for President TsaiPresident Tsai Ing-wen's phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump came as a much-welcomed respite for her. But it's also a risky bet. Trump has, by accepting the call, broken decades of diplomatic practices that have kept peace in the Taiwan Strait since the 1950s. China has reacted strongly to the call, which it sees as a Washington and Taipei's challenge to the cross-strait "red line." Yet there is no indication that the U.S. under Trump would come to Taiwan's aid in the event of a cross-strait conflict.

Source: The China Post December 03, 2016 16:18 UTC