Why Does China Want Taiwan?

The New York Times | May 13, 2026, 8:20 p.m. | Original
There are few issues in diplomacy more complicated than the status of the self-governing island, which China claims as its own. It is almost certain to come up when President Trump meets China’s leader.
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