Commentary The international community seems to re-embrace democratic Taiwan, while distancing from communist China, in the context of 50 years after the former was expelled from the United Nations and its seat was given to the latter. On Oct. 26, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged U.N. member states to support Taiwan’s “meaningful participation” in the U.N. system. On the same day, Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen confirmed with CNN the presence of U.S. troops on the island, though she refrained from using the word “stationed.” These incidents marked a partial return to Taiwan’s situation more than 50 years ago, before it was kicked out of the U.N. In 1945, Taiwan, under the name of the Republic of China (ROC), became a member of the U.N. as well as its main decision-making body, the Security Council. The United States was obligated to station troops in the island under a joint defense treaty …