Taiwan policy is a total time-warp. It’s not the 1970s any more. “One China” policies were for a time when Taipei claimed the right to rule the whole of China, and it was necessary to decide who could legitimately make that claim. Most countries chose Beijing. That’s what “One China” means. But Taiwan completely abandoned this claim a long time ago, and even made constitutional amendments to underline it. Why, then, do we persist with these policies as if the political reality is unchanged? “One China” policies are obsolete, and the ambiguity they create is a moving target for Beijing’s grey zone activity. We should junk them and develop something fit for purpose. We cannot hope to deter Beijing’s ambitions unless we are clearer on what Taiwan is, and what our consequent red-lines should be. @FreddyLim