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During a meeting with voters in Baltimore organized by CNN, Biden was asked if the United States would be prepared to defend Taiwan militarily in the event of a Chinese attack, and he replied, “Yes. We have an obligation to do so.” Although the United States and China, the two nuclear powers and the primary economic powers in the world, are fighting a cold war in a number of contentious issues between them, their dispute over Taiwan is the only issue that is likely to provoke an armed confrontation between them. On Wednesday, veteran US diplomat Nicholas Burns told a...
