Biden riles China with vow to defend Taiwan. What is the US policy?
Biden's Asia trip was the third time he'd appeared to put U.S. military protection explicitly behind Taiwan then insist there was no policy change.
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Biden's Asia trip was the third time he'd appeared to put U.S. military protection explicitly behind Taiwan then insist there was no policy change.
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