The Guardian view on Taiwan: Trump should handle with care | Editorial

The president-elect’s intentions towards Taiwan are unclear – and worrying. This does not augur well for the island or the regionNo one exactly expected the Chinese to seize a United States underwater drone in the South China Sea on Friday. But Beijing has so far proved rather more predictable than the president-elect of the US. Since Donald Trump sought to rattle its cage by sharing a phone call with Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen and questioning the “one-China” p