Taiwan

Newsweek -  China's long-ruling Communist Party claims Taiwan as its own but has never ruled there since coming to power in Beijing in 1949. Taipei rejects its neighbor's assertions. The GOP nominee for the U.S. presidential election appeared to suggest that Taiwan should pay the U.S. for protection, telling the outlet: "I don't think we're any different from an insurance policy."

Trump's comments about the futility of trying to defend Taiwan are not new; John Bolton, his former national security adviser, recounted similar reservations in his book. But the Republican's position will come as a blow to Taiwan's newly elected president, Lai Ching-te, who is running a divided government, and whose party has for years tried to prevent the spread of U.S. skepticism among the island's public and political elite.