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Biden says US will defend Taiwan if China attacks - Published US President Joe Biden said his country would defend Taiwan if China attacked, in an apparent departure from a long-held policy. "Yes, we have a commitment to do that," he said when asked at a town hall whether the US would defend Taiwan. But a White House spokesman later told some US media outlets that his remarks did not signify a change in policy. The US has long practised "strategic ambiguity" when it comes to the thorny issue of defending Taiwan. This has meant the US has been deliberately...
