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Independentie | 9.9°C [Dublin](/weather/) China said yesterday there is “no room” for compromise or concessions over the issue of Taiwan, following a comment by US president Joe Biden that the US is committed to defending the island if it is attacked. Foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin reasserted China’s longstanding claim that the island is its territory at a daily briefing after Mr Biden made his comment a day before at a forum hosted by CNN. China has recently upped its threat to bring Taiwan under its control by force if necessary by flying warplanes near the island and rehearsing beach...
