Taiwan isn’t a member of the UN and is officially recognized by only 16 countries as the most fear pissing off China. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_r

Taiwan isn’t a member of the UN and is officially recognized by only 16 countries as the most fear pissing off China. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Taiwan They lost their UN seat in 1971 and haven’t been able to regain it since. With China’s influence especially in Africa and the Middle East growing there is less and less chance of Taiwan being recognized as an independent country without a global conflict or a massive political shift in China.