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In just a few words, the US President has overturned decades of “strategic ambiguity” around a potential military flashpoint. In just seven words, President Joe Biden has risked the wrath of China by reversing decades of deliberately ambiguous language designed specifically not to anger Beijing. On Thursday, Mr Biden said that “yes” the US would come to the aid of Taiwan should it be attacked by China . Taiwan, which lies off the coast of the Chinese mainland, is claimed by Beijing as a breakaway province. But the democratic nation of 24 million people has never been ruled by Communist...
