Taiwan was already diplomatically isolated. Now Beijing wants to make it worse.

In December, President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the phone with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. It was the first time that a U.S. president or president-elect had spoken directly to a Taiwanese leader since 1979 — and, crucially, it seemed to mark a break in the United States’ long-standing “One China” policy, which recognizes Beijing’s People's Republic of China (PRC) […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/01/13/taiwan-was-already-diplomatically-isolated-now-beijing-wants-to-make-it-worse/