Taiwan: The Awkward House-Sit Holding the World Together
The island of Taiwan—about the size of Maryland, with the population of Australia and the geopolitical baggage of a dozen empires—has spent the last seventy-odd years perfecting the world’s most awkward house-sit. Technically it’s still the Republic of China, but after 1949 Beijing decided to rebrand as the People’s Republic, leaving Taipei holding the keys…
