Western democracies are being urged to push back against Beijing's twisting of a 1971 UN resolution to claim Taiwan — a positive signal for Taiwan's international standing and a challenge to China's diplomatic campaign.

• China keeps claiming UN Resolution 2758 says Taiwan belongs to China, but the text only settled who represents China at the UN and never mentions Taiwan.
• Former German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer calls this "lawfare": Beijing is pushing its own reading on other countries, and democracies need to spell out their own view clearly.
• IPAC founder Luke de Pulford says the old Western "strategic ambiguity" now gives China room for grey-zone pressure, and floats a "One Taiwan Policy" to handle how Taiwan's 23 million people take part in the world.
• Former German Institute Taipei head Martin Thümmel says Germany's "one China policy" is not Beijing's "one China principle," and wants Germany to join a coalition with the UK, France, Canada, Australia and Japan, including naval passages, to show support for Taiwan.

Outlook: Expect more European and like-minded governments to publicly reject Beijing's reading of Resolution 2758, though a formal "One Taiwan Policy" remains a proposal, not policy.