Taiwan's diplomatic office in Denver used a baseball game to press its case for a seat at the United Nations, a small but pointed piece of public diplomacy timed to the UN General Assembly.

• Taiwanese flags were waved at the Colorado Rockies' Taiwan Day at Coors Field, with the crowd display shown on the stadium's big screen.
• Denver's Taiwan representative Huang Hung-hui led the group, joined by community leaders and Taiwanese cultural figures.
• The timing was deliberate — the UN General Assembly is meeting, and the goal was visibility with ordinary Americans, not just officials.
• Taiwan's argument: UN Resolution 2758 never settled Taiwan's status and never barred it from joining international bodies.
• Being locked out of the UN, Taipei says, denies the world access to Taiwanese expertise it could otherwise use.

Outlook: Expect more of these low-key public campaigns abroad, though China's opposition makes any real change in Taiwan's UN status unlikely.