Steve Forbes, Forbes Staff Thu, June 25, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. UTC 3 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An infographic showing the map of China and Taiwan created in Istanbul, Turkiye on October 15, 2024. (Photo by Muhammed Ali Yigit/Anadolu via Getty Images) Anadolu via Getty Images To counter adverse fallout with China from our failure to win the Iran war, the U.S. must redouble its efforts to save Taiwan from gradually falling into Beijing's clutches.