TAIPEI/TOKYO -- In May, the Taiwanese government published a detailed list of what it labeled China's "interference with Taiwan's international presence" since the start of 2018.
The document lists a number of almost farcical episodes, such as the decision by organizers of a beef expo in Australia to cover up a Taiwanese flag that schoolchildren had painted on a statue of a bull. There are also significant diplomatic developments, including the Dominican Republic's severing of diplomatic ties with Taiwan after intense lobbying from China.
