US PRESIDENT-elect Donald Trump has taken a veiled swipe at China just days after he controversially took a phone call from Taiwan’s leader, raising eyebrows across the world.

China's embassy in Washington did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A FLURRY of fresh military exercises is highlighting rising tensions in the Asia Pacific, with China and Russia today joining forces to practice seizing islands and hunting submarines.

At least 24 people have been injured, after an explosion inside a train carriage, at the Songshan railway station in central Taipei, the capital of Taiwan.