The orphan island nation–claimed but not governed by the Beijing communists–used to be a former favorite nation of the American right, a plucky capitalist redoubt resisting the tyrants of the mainland. Now that China has become a capitalist superpower, the right’s ardor for Taiwan has become dim and redundant The plucky capitalists must look elsewhere for other friends.
Now Taiwan is a channel for Tehran’s nuclear technology needs, says AP Enterprise.
