Taiwan condemned the plan for the list, which reportedly could include senior Taiwanese government officials.

Closer ties with Canada have clearly been one of Taiwan's priorities, Matthew Fisher says. That troubles China, which views Taiwan as a breakaway province.

Li Zuocheng, chief of China's Joint Staff Department and member of the Central Military Commission, left the door open to using force.

President Tsai Ing-wen and her Democratic Progressive Party won January's elections by a landslide, vowing to stand up to China, which claims Taiwan as its own.

While China says Taiwan is its territory, Taiwan maintains it is an independent country called the Republic of China, its formal name.

Taiwan's president said if the international community did not support a democratic country that was under threat, "we might have to ask which country might be next?"

Donald Trump is unapologetic about roiling diplomatic waters with his decision to speak on the phone with Taiwan's leader, a breach of long-standing tradition that risks enmity from China.

China lodged a diplomatic protest after Donald Trump spoke by phone with President Tsai Ing-wen of Taiwan, but blamed the self-ruled island.

President-elect Donald Trump spoke Friday with the president of Taiwan, a move that will be sure to anger China.