Taiwan betrayal coming?

Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping believes U.S. President Donald Trump’s ambivalence toward Taiwan “opens a historic opportunity for China,” the Wall Street Journal wrote Wednesday. The Chinese Communist Party has never ruled the island republic, yet it considers it a rogue territory that must be brought under Communist control, by force if necessary. Taiwan has stayed independent for decades thanks to American military equipment, political support and a strong implication of protection in the event of invasion. But President Trump sees Taiwan “more transactionally” than his predecessors in the White House, the Journal wrote, making his commitment to the island “uncertain.” The strongest evidence of this came after a February 4 phone call between Xi and Trump when the latter paused a $13 billion arms sale to Taiwan, apparently to safeguard a trade truce with China. The two are set to meet in Beijing in May. For decades, the Trumpet has warned that America’s lack of resolve will be the main factor enabling the Chinese Communist Party to seize Taiwan.