China’s aggressive posture towards India and the boundary dispute set the right context for why there could not be a better time for India to engage Taiwan meaningfully. While ties with Taiwan should not be solely viewed through China’s lens, this has given a chance to both India and Taiwan to introspect on their policies and reach out to each other. It is high time India engages Taiwan bilaterally and also positions India-Taiwan ties in the regional context. India does not have formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan yet as it adheres to the One-China policy. This makes sense when Taiwan is willing to strengthen ties with India and even domestic debate is tilting in favour of this.

Source: Hindustan Times June 28, 2020 13:30 UTC