Taiwan is pressing democratic allies to back its bid for a seat at UN bodies as the General Assembly opens, framing the push as good for global security and the tech supply chain, and a warning against Beijing's claim that Taiwan is an internal Chinese matter.

• Taiwan's representative in Israel, Lee Ya-ping, used a widely followed Israeli political podcast to make the case for Taiwan joining the WHO, ICAO, and the UN climate body, thanking Israeli lawmakers across parties for a joint statement of support.
• If the world accepts Beijing's "one China" story, China could use it as an excuse to call the Taiwan Strait a domestic issue and even justify force, so backing Taiwan is really about defending the rules-based order.
• Taiwan faces 2.5 million cyberattacks a day plus steady Chinese disinformation aimed at its elections, and is answering with fast government fact-checking, media literacy, and civilian fact-checkers.
• Taiwan is raising defense spending, building drones and asymmetric weapons, and pushing "whole-of-society" resilience, swapping notes with Israel to raise the cost of any Chinese move on the island.
• Taiwan's chip industry remains the core of the global high-tech supply chain, and its investments in the US, Japan, and Europe are meant to meet AI-driven demand and tie democratic partners' tech ecosystems closer together.

Outlook: Expect Taiwan to keep lobbying G7 and like-minded governments through the UN session, with more foreign lawmaker visits and statements of support but no near-term breakthrough on formal UN membership.