Beijing pressing foreign leaders to describe Taiwan in China’s language

Yu-Jie Chen/The Diplomat: China is pressuring Taiwan by controlling access to and language about Taiwan – including by pressing foreign leaders to describe Taiwan in Beijing’s terms. The danger is that the world may misread Taiwan and misunderstand who is preserving peace and who is threatening it. That distorted framing was evident in Trump’s remarks following his trip to China. In an interview with Fox News, Trump said that Taiwan has “somebody there now that wants to go independent,” and implied that U.S. support encourages Taiwan to provoke Beijing. That is Beijing’s familiar narrative: Taiwan is seeking independence, Taiwan is provoking China, and Taiwan is therefore to blame for regional instability…