The U.S. should publicly reaffirm that Taiwan's sovereignty isunsettled. Current U.S.-China relations make it impossible to declare that Taiwan is a state, but nothing justifies the U.S.bureaucracy's assertion that Taiwan is not a state. The Asiandemocracies' decision whether to balance or bandwagon with Chinawill be heavily influenced by how the United States defendsdemocratic Taiwan's international identity.