[Levin]

October 23, 2021
4:35 AM +08
Last Updated 16 hours ago

By Jeff Mason and David Brunnstrom



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While Washington is required by law to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself, it has long followed a policy of "strategic ambiguity" on whether it would intervene militarily to protect Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack.

Biden called that into question when he was asked at a CNN town hall in Baltimore on Thursday night whether the United States would come to Taiwan's defense if it was attacked by China and he replied: "Yes, we have a commitment to do that."

Shortly after he spoke, a White House spokesperson said there was no change in policy and analysts said it appeared the president misspoke.


https://www.reuters.com/world/china/whit...021-10-22/

[Blasterlord2]

These experts are really no experts. Why wouldn't the president say it to deter China from attacking Taiwan? It is only logical for him to do that, but whether in reality he'll do that it's difficult to say.

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