Well, well, well. He's done something that I actually agree with. Nixon, the supposed foreign policy guru, threw Taiwan under the bus, and Carter finished the job. In the name of corporate greed - and thus the rise of both China and Walmart. The  thugs who control China don't give a hoot about what we think of their outrageous behavior - witness their shooting down one of our aircraft in international airspace (and forcing us to remove the plane by dismantling it and putting it on a ship), their building new islands and military bases in Philippine  waters, their crackdown on Hong Kong's democracy, and their systematic destruction of Tibetan culture. Oh, yeah, then there was that Tiananmen Square thing, too.

We support Taiwan militarily, while denying that they exist diplomatically. Time to end the schizophrenia, and recognize them. If we can recognize the Cuban dictatorship, we can surely recognize this democracy. And maybe set an example for the rest of the world.