Yet the global economy remains deeply tied to semiconductor production concentrated in Taiwan, creating risks that neither Washington nor Beijing can easily ignore.

Nonetheless, Trump’s insistence on delaying arms sales to Taiwan after the summit could represent a more drastic shift in America’s cross-Strait policy. 

The KMT’s difficulty lies less in the fact that it contains competing views than in the fact that both views remain tethered to external reference points.

Taiwan’s future relevance in Latin America may ultimately depend not only on diplomatic recognition, but also on whether countries across the region begin valuing stable institutional cooperation…

Both India and Taiwan leaders and people need to work together not only to identify and detest such distasteful narratives which are being peddled but also to bring the relationship much closer by exploring and working on different themes.