NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump, during his three-day visit to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, held discussions across various domains including trade, security, and technology. A major point of discussion was Taiwan, one of the most sensitive issues in US-China relations.

If Trump freezes the Taiwan arms sale, the international community will panic over a fragile balance of power turning decisively in China’s favor.

Trump’s summit with Xi deferred the real Taiwan test: whether U.S. arms sales to Taipei will preserve credible support under strategic ambiguity, and how far Beijing will go to…