Taiwan is pushing back on China's version of World War II history and insisting US backing has not weakened — reassuring for Taipei, unwelcome for Beijing.

• Taiwan's representative in Washington, Alexander Yui, said Taiwan never came up in the Trump-Xi talks, and neither side's official statement mentioned it.
• China called Taiwan a fundamental issue, but the US did not take the bait, and Yui says the American position has not changed.
• Taiwan says the country that fought alongside America against Japan was the Republic of China, not the Communist Party, which barely fought Japan and later killed US troops in Korea.
• Flying Tigers planes carried Republic of China markings, and US pilots wore blood chits on their jackets asking Chinese civilians for help.
• Beijing's talk of resisting "new militarism" is aimed at Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan, and is being used to argue against US arms sales to Taipei.

Outlook: Expect China to keep pressing the wartime-history argument to split Washington from Tokyo and Manila, while Taiwan keeps working its quiet channels with the US.