US real focus of Tsai's trip to the Caribbean

Taiwan leader Tsai Ing-wen is on another overseas trip seeking to cement ties with the island's dwindling "diplomatic allies". This time to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, St. Kitts and Nevis and Haiti.

Such visits are important for Tsai, because under her leadership "diplomatic recognition" for the island has been dwindling. The overwhelming majority of the international community and the United Nations abide by the legal truth: There is only one China, and the People's Republic of China is its sole legitimate representative.

Such a widely accepted reality notwithstanding, Tsai seems determined to show her unconvinced audience at home that she is capable of finding larger "international space" for Taiwan.