Some interesting reading from Defense News:
China is having success in its diplomatic and economic campaign to weaken international support for Taiwan, the self-governing island’s de facto ambassador to Washington said. Joseph Wu, whose official title is representative of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office (TECRO), argues that Beijing has used diplomatic and economic thuggery and threats to weaken U.S. resolve to defend Taiwan and undermine Taipei’s efforts to get recognition in the United Nations.
I think Wu overstates the problem, as it is in his interest to do so, but there’s little doubt that ever since 9/11, the Bush administration has been walking on egg-shells in its dealings with mainland China–the one exception being the invitation to the Dalai Lama, though that was widely believed to be the price of the president’s blessing the Beijing games with his attendance. As the paper notes,
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