A row has broken out in Taiwan over Trump naming its US representative office as a funder of a think tank he attacks, with Taichung mayor Lu Shiow-yen warning it puts national security at risk.

• Trump publicly criticized the Center for American Progress and pointed to Taiwan's office in Washington as one of its foreign funders.
• The opposition KMT says this comes at a delicate moment for Taiwan-US ties and asks whether the government did any risk assessment.
• Taiwan's foreign ministry says it works openly with US think tanks across the political spectrum and does not take sides in American politics.
• Lu Shiow-yen says an accusation from a sitting US president is serious, and that being on bad terms with both the US and China would be dangerous for Taiwan.

Outlook: Pressure will grow on Taipei to explain the funding and repair its standing with the Trump administration.