O’Neill: It’s time for U.S. to recognize Taiwan

O’Neill: It’s time for U.S. to recognize Taiwan

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan pledged to her nation’s parliament in November that an attempt by communist China to blockade the democratic island of Taiwan would pose a “survival threatening situation” for her own country. China has interpreted the remark as a warning that Japan would resort to a military response. Though this has long been the policy of Japan, it has never been proclaimed with such public assertion. President Xi Jinpin…