WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is seizing the opportunity of the coronavirus pandemic to push a cause that has long been an irritant in U.S.
relations with China: Taiwan. The virus has added yet another dimension to U.S.-China tensions that were already wracked by a trade war and heated discussions over intellectual property, human rights and Chinese policies in Hong Kong and the South China Sea.
And, while U.S.-China differences over Taiwan have waxed and waned for decades, they have persisted and are reaching new heights as the world grapples with the exponential spread of the COVID-19 virus.
As the pandemic has grown, U.S. officials and lawmakers have stepped up alternately bashing China for a lack of transparency over the